| 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, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, 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 | 3.6.2-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 3.7.2-1 | fixed |
| sid | 3.7.2-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
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