CVE-2025-60753

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+deb11u2	vulnerable
	bookworm	3.6.2-1+deb12u3	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	3.6.2-1+deb12u2	vulnerable
	forky, sid, trixie	3.7.4-4	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
libarchive	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/2725
Negligible security impact