CVE-2007-3644 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in libarchive versions prior to 2.2.4, affecting products like FreeBSD. This flaw allows user-assisted remote attackers to trigger an infinite loop by providing specially crafted PAX or TAR archives containing malformed or incomplete pax extension headers. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity with no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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