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Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure Affecting bsdcpio package, versions <0:3.1.2-10.el7_2

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.51% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-BSDCPIO-4669839
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed17 Jun 2016
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Introduced: 17 Jun 2016

CVE-2015-8925  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-228  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 bsdcpio to version 0:3.1.2-10.el7_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:1844.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bsdcpio package and not the bsdcpio package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The readline function in archive_read_support_format_mtree.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read) via a crafted mtree file, related to newline parsing.