Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libarchive-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-LIBARCHIVEDEVEL-1955945
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed17 Jun 2016

Introduced: 17 Jun 2016

CVE-2015-8933  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 libarchive-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libarchive-devel package and not the libarchive-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer overflow in the archive_read_format_tar_skip function in archive_read_support_format_tar.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted tar file.