| Name | CVE-2015-8932 |
| Description | The compress_bidder_init function in archive_read_support_filter_compress.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted tar file, which triggers an invalid left shift. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-554-1, DSA-3657-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libarchive (PTS) | bullseye | 3.4.3-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 3.4.3-2+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 3.6.2-1+deb12u2 | fixed |
| trixie, sid | 3.7.4-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/547
Fixed by: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/f0b1dbbc325a2d922015eee402b72edd422cb9ea (v3.1.900a)
and part of https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/55ce98e829eda3a4356c2be64a778d8740c2cf6c (v3.1.900a)
and https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/618618c8a6be453f79e0bdbdeab6e1dd8bf429b3 (v3.1.900a)
Part of the problematic code was introduced with commit bf4f6ec64ef3edefbc41172692868fb8df514805
to fix https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/356