| Name | CVE-2015-8930 |
| Description | bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an ISO with a directory that is a member of itself. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-554-1, DSA-3657-1 |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libarchive (PTS) | jessie (security), jessie | 3.1.2-11+deb8u3 | fixed |
| stretch | 3.2.2-2 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 3.2.2-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libarchive | source | (unstable) | 3.2.0-2 | medium | ||
| libarchive | source | jessie | 3.1.2-11+deb8u2 | medium | DSA-3657-1 | |
| libarchive | source | wheezy | 3.0.4-3+wheezy2 | medium | DLA-554-1 |
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/522
Fixed by: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/39fc59391b7cf2a007bffce280c1e3e66674258f (v3.1.900a)
Fixed by: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/01cfbca4fdae1492a8a09c001b61bbca46f869f2 (v3.1.900a)