Upstream information

CVE-2007-3641 at MITRE

Description

archive_read_support_format_tar.c in libarchive before 2.2.4 does not properly compute the length of a certain buffer when processing a malformed pax extension header, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) PAX or (2) TAR archive that triggers a buffer overflow.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Running

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 9.3
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 291358 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • libarchive-devel >= 2.5.5-5.19
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA libarchive-devel-2.5.5-5.19
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • libarchive2 >= 2.5.5-5.19
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 GA libarchive2-2.5.5-5.19
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • libarchive2 >= 2.5.5-5.19
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA libarchive2-2.5.5-5.19
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • libarchive2 >= 2.5.5-5.19
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA libarchive2-2.5.5-5.19
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • libarchive-devel >= 2.5.5-5.19
  • libarchive2 >= 2.5.5-5.19
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA libarchive2-2.5.5-5.19
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA libarchive-devel-2.5.5-5.19
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • bsdtar >= 3.5.1-1.5
  • libarchive-devel >= 3.5.1-1.5
  • libarchive13 >= 3.5.1-1.5
  • libarchive13-32bit >= 3.5.1-1.5
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Tumbleweed GA bsdtar-3.5.1-1.5

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 15:38:40 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 7 12:45:37 2022