| Name | CVE-2016-1541 |
| Description | Heap-based buffer overflow in the zip_read_mac_metadata function in archive_read_support_format_zip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted entry-size values in a ZIP archive. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3574-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 823893 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| 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.
Notes
[wheezy] - libarchive <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
keeping the experimental tracking version as well since maintainer said not to merge NMU changelog
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/862384
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0155/
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/d0331e8e5b05b475f20b1f3101fe1ad772d7e7e7 (v3.2.0)
Feature added in https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/1399a59680fa2dfca68764468ed0bcaa0331fde7