Bug 1348414 (CVE-2015-8919) - CVE-2015-8919 libarchive: Heap out of bounds read in LHA/LZH parser
Summary: CVE-2015-8919 libarchive: Heap out of bounds read in LHA/LZH parser
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2015-8919
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1352776 1353065 1353066
Blocks: 1334215
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-06-21 06:56 UTC by Doran Moppert
Modified: 2019-09-29 13:51 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: libarchive 3.2.0
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
A vulnerability was found in libarchive. A specially crafted LZA/LZH file could cause a small out-of-bounds read, potentially disclosing a few bytes of application memory.
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2016-10-18 04:57:28 UTC
Embargoed:


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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2016:1844 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: libarchive security update 2016-09-13 00:11:35 UTC

Description Doran Moppert 2016-06-21 06:56:50 UTC
Upstream bug:
    https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/510

Upstream fix:
    https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e8a2e4d

libarchive-2.8 does not include support for this format.

Comment 2 Doran Moppert 2016-07-05 04:37:09 UTC
Created libarchive tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1352776]

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2016-09-12 20:13:34 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2016:1844 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html


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