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Title : Libarchive Pax Extension Header Processing Code Execution and DoS Vulnerabilities
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-2521
CVE ID : CVE-2007-3641 - CVE-2007-3644 - CVE-2007-3645
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-07-13

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Libarchive, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code [...]

Affected Products

libarchive versions prior to 2.2.4

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by CPNI, CERT-FI, Tim Kientzle and Colin Percival.

ChangeLog

2007-07-13 : Initial release

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