Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libarchive package, versions [,3.2.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.4% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBARCHIVE-2318967
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed20 Sept 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Sep 2016

CVE-2015-8924  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (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 Out-of-bounds Read. The archive_read_format_tar_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_tar.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted tar file.

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