Bug 985826 (CVE-2016-4301) - VUL-0: CVE-2016-4301: bsdtar,libarchive: Stack buffer overflow in the mtree parse_device
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2016-4301: bsdtar,libarchive: Stack buffer overflow in the mtree p...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2016-4301
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Major
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URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/170371/
Whiteboard: CVSSv2:SUSE:CVE-2016-4301:6.8:(AV:N/A...
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Reported: 2016-06-21 09:03 UTC by Marcus Meissner
Modified: 2020-04-23 15:40 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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2016-06-21 09:11 UTC, Marcus Meissner 		Details
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Description Marcus Meissner 2016-06-21 09:03:36 UTC 
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0153/

TALOS-2016-0153
Libarchive mtree parse_device Code Execution Vulnerability
June 19, 2016
Report ID

CVE-2016-4301
Summary

An exploitable stack based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the mtree parse_device functionality of libarchive. A specially crafted mtree file can cause a buffer overflow resulting in memory corruption/code execution. An attacker can send a malformed file to trigger this vulnerability.
Tested Versions

libarchive 3.1.2


https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/a550daeecf6bc689ade371349892ea17b5b97c77
Comment 1 Marcus Meissner 2016-06-21 09:11:16 UTC 
Created attachment 681478 [details]
foo.mtree

QA REPRPODUCER:

bsdtar xf foo.mtree

or with valgrind

(doers not report things on 13.2 for me)
Comment 2 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-06-21 22:00:14 UTC 
bugbot adjusting priority
Comment 3 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-07-29 12:12:12 UTC 
SUSE-SU-2016:1909-1: An update that fixes 20 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 984990,985609,985665,985669,985673,985675,985679,985682,985685,985688,985689,985697,985698,985700,985703,985704,985706,985826,985832,985835
CVE References: CVE-2015-8918,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-2015-8929,CVE-2015-8930,CVE-2015-8931,CVE-2015-8932,CVE-2015-8933,CVE-2015-8934,CVE-2016-4300,CVE-2016-4301,CVE-2016-4302,CVE-2016-4809
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (src):    libarchive-3.1.2-22.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (src):    libarchive-3.1.2-22.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (src):    libarchive-3.1.2-22.1
Comment 4 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-08-11 15:16:34 UTC 
openSUSE-SU-2016:2036-1: An update that fixes 20 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 984990,985609,985665,985669,985673,985675,985679,985682,985685,985688,985689,985697,985698,985700,985703,985704,985706,985826,985832,985835
CVE References: CVE-2015-8918,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-2015-8929,CVE-2015-8930,CVE-2015-8931,CVE-2015-8932,CVE-2015-8933,CVE-2015-8934,CVE-2016-4300,CVE-2016-4301,CVE-2016-4302,CVE-2016-4809
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 42.1 (src):    libarchive-3.1.2-13.2
Comment 5 Adrian Schröter 2018-10-10 13:27:09 UTC 
is done
Comment 8 Alexandros Toptsoglou 2020-04-23 15:40:06 UTC 
Done