USN-3033-1: libarchive vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3033-1

14th July, 2016

libarchive vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 15.10
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

libarchive could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially
crafted file.

Software description

  • libarchive
    – Library to read/write archive files

Details

Hanno Böck discovered that libarchive contained multiple security issues
when processing certain malformed archive files. A remote attacker could
use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-8916, CVE-2015-8917
CVE-2015-8919, CVE-2015-8920, CVE-2015-8921, CVE-2015-8922, CVE-2015-8923,
CVE-2015-8924, CVE-2015-8925, CVE-2015-8926, CVE-2015-8928, CVE-2015-8930,
CVE-2015-8931, CVE-2015-8932, CVE-2015-8933, CVE-2015-8934, CVE-2016-5844)

Marcin “Icewall” Noga discovered that libarchive contained multiple
security issues when processing certain malformed archive files. A remote
attacker could use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-4300,
CVE-2016-4302)

It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled memory allocation
with large cpio symlinks. A remote attacker could use this issue to
possibly cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2016-4809)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libarchive13

3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.2
Ubuntu 15.10:
libarchive13

3.1.2-11ubuntu0.15.10.2
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libarchive13

3.1.2-7ubuntu2.3
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libarchive12

3.0.3-6ubuntu1.3

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2015-8916,

CVE-2015-8917,

CVE-2015-8919,

CVE-2015-8920,

CVE-2015-8921,

CVE-2015-8922,

CVE-2015-8923,

CVE-2015-8924,

CVE-2015-8925,

CVE-2015-8926,

CVE-2015-8928,

CVE-2015-8930,

CVE-2015-8931,

CVE-2015-8932,

CVE-2015-8933,

CVE-2015-8934,

CVE-2016-4300,

CVE-2016-4302,

CVE-2016-4809,

CVE-2016-5844

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