CVE-2015-8916 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Libarchive

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer DereferenceCWE-228 — Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure9 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.2%
top 21.45%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
LibarchiveDebian LibarchiveCanonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 20
Latest updateMay 14

Description

bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 returns a success code without filling the entry when the header is a "split file in multivolume RAR," which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted rar file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/libarchive< libarchive 3.2.0-2 (bookworm)
▶Debianlibarchive/libarchive< 3.2.0-2+3
▶Ubuntulibarchive/libarchive< 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.3+1
▶NVDlibarchive/libarchive3.1.901a

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-22rx-39m3-hr5w: bsdtar in libarchive before 3↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2015-8916: bsdtar in libarchive before 3↗2016-09-20
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OSV
libarchive vulnerabilities↗2016-07-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
libarchive vulnerabilities↗2016-07-14
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Red Hat
libarchive: NULL pointer access in RAR parser through bsdtar↗2016-06-17
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Debian
CVE-2015-8916: libarchive - bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 returns a success code without filling the ent...↗2015
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
libarchive: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-07-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8916 libarchive: NULL pointer access in RAR parser through bsdtar↗2016-06-21
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