CVE-2015-8917

bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an invalid character in the name of a cab file.

• CWE-476

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5Third Party Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91303
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1Third Party Advisory
• https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/505
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8917Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5Third Party Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91303
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1Third Party Advisory
• https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/505
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8917Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

Published

Sep 20, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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