Name | CVE-2016-4302 |
Description | Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_codes function in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a RAR file with a zero-sized dictionary. |
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) | 3.2.1-1 |
http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.html
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0154/
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/719
Fixed by: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/05caadc7eedbef471ac9610809ba683f0c698700 (v3.2.1)