Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libarchive package, versions <3.2.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.45% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-LIBARCHIVE-5684149
  • published20 Sept 2016
  • disclosed20 Sept 2016

Introduced: 20 Sep 2016

CVE-2015-8934  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 libarchive to version 3.2.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libarchive package and not the libarchive package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

The copy_from_lzss_window function in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive 3.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a crafted rar file.