CVE-2015-8929

NameCVE-2015-8929
DescriptionMemory leak in the __archive_read_get_extract function in archive_read_extract2.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a tar file.
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
libarchivesourcewheezy(not affected)
libarchivesourcejessie(not affected)
libarchivesource(unstable)3.2.0-2

Notes

[jessie] - libarchive <not-affected> (Introduced in 3.2.0)
[wheezy] - libarchive <not-affected> (Introduced in 3.2.0)
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/517
Fixed by: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/d24e79e8f9547ae475a3a0c9516e079a14010838

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