CVE-2015-8916

Name	CVE-2015-8916
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-3657-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
libarchive (PTS)	buster	3.3.3-4+deb10u1	fixed
	buster (security)	3.3.3-4+deb10u3	fixed
	bullseye	3.4.3-2+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm, sid	3.6.2-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
libarchive	source	wheezy	(not affected)
libarchive	source	jessie	3.1.2-11+deb8u2	DSA-3657-1
libarchive	source	(unstable)	3.2.0-2

Notes

[wheezy] - libarchive <not-affected> (no segfault, not reproducible with reproducer)
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/504
Fixed by https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/b2e2abb