CVE-2016-5418

NameCVE-2016-5418
DescriptionThe sandboxing code in libarchive 3.2.0 and earlier mishandles hardlink archive entries of non-zero data size, which might allow remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-657-1, DSA-3677-1
Debian Bugs837714

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
libarchivesourcewheezy3.0.4-3+wheezy4DLA-657-1
libarchivesourcejessie3.1.2-11+deb8u3DSA-3677-1
libarchivesource(unstable)3.2.1-4837714

Notes

Centos patch: https://git.centos.org/blob/rpms!libarchive.git/9952851f8b327a8c93d26a5873c190c1fb09ae6c/SOURCES!libarchive-3.1.2-CVE-2016-5418.patch;jsessionid=1dexz8h9qdewibih5aonbu3
Centos additional patch: https://git.centos.org/blob/rpms!libarchive.git/9952851f8b327a8c93d26a5873c190c1fb09ae6c/SOURCES!libarchive-3.1.2-CVE-2016-5418-variation.patch;jsessionid=1dexz8h9qdewibih5aonbu3
Fixed by (for #744): https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/1fa9c7bf90f0862036a99896b0501c381584451a
Fixed by (for #745 and #746): https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/dfd6b54ce33960e420fb206d8872fb759b577ad9
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362601, relates to upstream bugs #744, #745 and #746
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/743 (umbrella report)
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/744
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/745
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/746
Testcase: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/063ea3ea3fcb569a380b2ebe9c9ddd8bd6ce0d49
Fix for testcase: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/50952acd22df3326c49771f5e5ba48630899468c

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