Bug 1385659 - libarchive: Stack based buffer overflow in bsdtar_expand_char
Summary: libarchive: Stack based buffer overflow in bsdtar_expand_char
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 1377926
Alias: None
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1378666 1385673
Blocks: 1385672
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Reported: 2016-10-17 13:02 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2019-09-29 13:57 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2016-10-18 04:30:54 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-10-17 13:02:19 UTC 
Stack based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in bsdtar_expand_char in util.c by invoking bsdtar on crafted file. It occurs when trying to format a non-printable multibyte character that overflows 20-byte buffer in safe_fprintf.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e37b620fe8f14535d737e89a4dcabaed4517bf1a

CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/152
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-10-17 13:24:42 UTC 
Created libarchive3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-6 [bug 1385676]
Comment 2 Adam Mariš 2016-10-17 13:24:49 UTC 
Created mingw-libarchive tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1385674]
Comment 3 Adam Mariš 2016-10-17 13:24:56 UTC 
Created libarchive tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1385673]
Affects: epel-5 [bug 1385675]
Comment 4 Doran Moppert 2016-10-18 04:30:54 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1377926 ***
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