SUSE-SU-2016:1909-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:1909-1

    Published: 29 Jul 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for libarchive

    Details: libarchive was updated to fix 20 security issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2015-8918: Overlapping memcpy in CAB parser (bsc#985698). - CVE-2015-8919: Heap out of bounds read in LHA/LZH parser (bsc#985697). - CVE-2015-8920: Stack out of bounds read in ar parser (bsc#985675). - CVE-2015-8921: Global out of bounds read in mtree parser (bsc#985682). - CVE-2015-8922: Null pointer access in 7z parser (bsc#985685). - CVE-2015-8923: Unclear crashes in ZIP parser (bsc#985703). - CVE-2015-8924: Heap buffer read overflow in tar (bsc#985609). - CVE-2015-8925: Unclear invalid memory read in mtree parser (bsc#985706). - CVE-2015-8926: NULL pointer access in RAR parser (bsc#985704). - CVE-2015-8928: Heap out of bounds read in mtree parser (bsc#985679). - CVE-2015-8929: Memory leak in tar parser (bsc#985669). - CVE-2015-8930: Endless loop in ISO parser (bsc#985700). - CVE-2015-8931: Undefined behavior / signed integer overflow in mtree parser (bsc#985689). - CVE-2015-8932: Compress handler left shifting larger than int size (bsc#985665). - CVE-2015-8933: Undefined behavior / signed integer overflow in TAR parser (bsc#985688). - CVE-2015-8934: Out of bounds read in RAR (bsc#985673). - CVE-2016-4300: Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the 7zip read_SubStreamsInfo (bsc#985832). - CVE-2016-4301: Stack buffer overflow in the mtree parse_device (bsc#985826). - CVE-2016-4302: Heap buffer overflow in the Rar decompression functionality (bsc#985835). - CVE-2016-4809: Memory allocate error with symbolic links in cpio archives (bsc#984990).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20161909-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/984990, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985609, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985665, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985669, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985673, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985675, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985679, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985682, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985685, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985688, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985689, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985697, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985698, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985700, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985703, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985704, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985706, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985826, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985832, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985835, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8918, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8919, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8920, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8921, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8922, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8923, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8924, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8925, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8926, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8928, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8929, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8930, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8931, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8932, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8933, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8934, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4300, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4301, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4302, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4809

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libarchive

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/libarchive&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.2-22.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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