CVE-2015-8916
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 3%
bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 returns a success code without filling the entry when the header is a "split file in multivolume RAR," which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted rar file.
Products: canonical ubuntu_linux, debian_linux, libarchive
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | libarchive | 3.2.0-2 |
| Debian 13 | libarchive | 3.2.0-2 |
| Debian 14 | libarchive | 3.2.0-2 |
| Debian 8 | libarchive | 3.1.2-11+deb8u2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | bsdcpio | 0:3.1.2-10.el7_2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | bsdtar | 0:3.1.2-10.el7_2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | libarchive | 0:3.1.2-10.el7_2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | libarchive-debuginfo | 0:3.1.2-10.el7_2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | libarchive-devel | 0:3.1.2-10.el7_2 |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | libarchive | 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.3 |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | libarchive | 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.2 |