Improper Input Validation Affecting libarchive package, versions [,3.2.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.21% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBARCHIVE-2318965
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed20 Sept 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Sep 2016

CVE-2015-8932  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libarchive to version 3.2.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The compress_bidder_init function in archive_read_support_filter_compress.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted tar file, which triggers an invalid left shift.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1