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GHSA-7q6x-9f96-w6p8
GHSA-7q6x-9f96-w6p8
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022
bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an ISO with a directory that is a member of itself.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
- May 14, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (2 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/522 url
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html url
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2 url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91339 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8930 advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html url
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1 url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 url
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657 url
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html url