Bug 2412648 (CVE-2025-60753) - CVE-2025-60753 libarchive: bsdtar hangs and OOMs with zero-length pattern matches
Summary: CVE-2025-60753 libarchive: bsdtar hangs and OOMs with zero-length pattern mat...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-60753
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2413030 2413031 2413032 2413033 2413034 2413035 2413036 2413037
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Reported: 2025-11-05 16:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-11-06 08:53 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-11-05 16:01:29 UTC 
An issue was discovered in libarchive bsdtar before version 3.8.1 in function apply_substitution in file tar/subst.c when processing crafted -s substitution rules. This can cause unbounded memory allocation and lead to denial of service (Out-of-Memory crash).
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