libarchive

• Author: voroskoi
• Vulnerable: 1.2.57-1
• Unaffected: 1.2.57-2siwenna1

If the end of an archive is reached while attempting to “skip” past a region of an archive, libarchive will enter an infinite loop wherein it repeatedly attempts (and fails) to read further data.

• Bug Tracker URL: http://bugs.frugalware.org/task/1442

CVEs:

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5680