| Name | CVE-2025-60753 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in libarchive bsdtar before version 3.8.1 in function apply_substitution in file tar/subst.c when processing crafted -s substitution rules. This can cause unbounded memory allocation and lead to denial of service (Out-of-Memory crash). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
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 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 3.4.3-2+deb11u3 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 3.6.2-1+deb12u3 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 3.6.2-1+deb12u2 | vulnerable |
| forky, trixie | 3.7.4-4 | vulnerable |
| sid | 3.8.4-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libarchive | source | (unstable) | 3.8.4-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/2725
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2787
Fixed by: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/81bc00a549e4e0c85ab15136315ef32d70412dc7
Fixed by: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/df9967323ee89c07e59c82999dcbbdc6a54a3282 (v3.8.4)
Negligible security impact