archive_read_support_format_tar.c in libarchive before 2.2.4 allows user-assisted remote attackers to...

Vulnerability Description

archive_read_support_format_tar.c in libarchive before 2.2.4 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via (1) an end-of-file condition within a pax extension header or (2) a malformed pax extension header in an (a) PAX or a (b) TAR archive.

References

• http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:05.libarchive.asc
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970849
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2521
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1455
• http://security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-07:05/libarchive.patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26050
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24885
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35402
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-03.xml
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=432924
• http://osvdb.org/38094
• http://people.freebsd.org/~kientzle/libarchive/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26062
• http://osvdb.org/38093
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26355
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018379
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28377
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html