Bug 1348781 – CVE-2015-8933 libarchive: Undefined behavior / signed integer overflow in TAR parser

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Bug 1348781 - (CVE-2015-8933) CVE-2015-8933 libarchive: Undefined behavior / signed integer overflow in TAR parser

Summary:	CVE-2015-8933 libarchive: Undefined behavior / signed integer overflow in TAR...

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	CVE-2015-8933

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	1352775 1352776 1353066 1353068
Blocks:	1334215
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Reported:	2016-06-22 00:22 EDT by Doran Moppert
Modified:	2016-08-31 21:57 EDT (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	libarchive 3.2.0
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Last Closed:	2016-07-18 06:37:53 EDT
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Description Doran Moppert 2016-06-22 00:22:54 EDT

Undefined behaviour (signed integer overflow) was found in libarchive,
in the TAR parser.

Upstream bug:
    https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/548

Upstream fix:
    https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/3c7a6dc

Comment 4 Doran Moppert 2016-07-05 00:38:23 EDT

Created libarchive tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1352776]
Affects: epel-5 [bug 1352775]

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