Name | CVE-2016-8689 |
Description | The read_Header function in archive_read_support_format_7zip.c in libarchive 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via multiple EmptyStream attributes in a header in a 7zip 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 | DLA-1600-1, DLA-661-1 |
Debian Bugs | 840934 |
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.
Notes
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-read_header-archive_read_support_format_7zip-c/
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/761
Fixed by: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/7f17c791dcfd8c0416e2cd2485b19410e47ef126