Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure Affecting libarchive package, versions <0:2.8.3-7.el6_8
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed17 Jun 2016
Introduced: 17 Jun 2016
CVE-2015-8920 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:6 libarchive to version 0:2.8.3-7.el6_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:1850.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libarchive package and not the libarchive package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
The _ar_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_ar.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds stack read) via a crafted ar file.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91301
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/511
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8920
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1850
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1