CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-8916
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-09-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 returns a success code without filling the entry when the header is a "split file in multivolume RAR," which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted rar file.
Affected configurations
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 15.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• debian debian linux 7.0
• debian debian linux 8.0
• libarchive libarchive (<= 3.1.901a)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html www.oracle.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91296 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/504 github.com
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8916 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 security.gentoo.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html www.oracle.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91296 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/504 github.com
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8916 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 security.gentoo.org