| 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, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-554-1, DSA-3657-1 |
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 | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libarchive | source | wheezy | 3.0.4-3+wheezy2 | DLA-554-1 | ||
| libarchive | source | jessie | 3.1.2-11+deb8u2 | DSA-3657-1 | ||
| libarchive | source | (unstable) | 3.2.0-2 |
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