CVE-2015-8918

NameCVE-2015-8918
DescriptionThe 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."
SourceCVE (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 PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libarchive (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)3.1.2-11+deb8u11fixed
stretch (security)3.2.2-2+deb9u3fixed
stretch (lts), stretch3.2.2-2+deb9u4fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)3.3.3-4+deb10u3fixed
bullseye3.4.3-2+deb11u1fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm3.6.2-1+deb12u1fixed
trixie3.7.4-1fixed
sid3.7.4-1.1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libarchivesource(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

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