Name | CVE-2015-8918 |
Description | The archive_string_append function in archive_string.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted cab files, related to "overlapping memcpy." |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, 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 |
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libarchive (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.1.2-11+deb8u11 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 3.2.2-2+deb9u3 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 3.2.2-2+deb9u4 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 3.3.3-4+deb10u3 | fixed |
| bullseye | 3.4.3-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 3.6.2-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 3.7.4-1 | fixed |
| sid | 3.7.4-1.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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libarchive | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- libarchive <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not in a released version)
Introduced in https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/cf8e67ffc8a2227b63fc6d3d1569b0214f160f54
Fixed by: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/b6ba56037f0da44efebfa271cc4b1a736a74c62f
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/506