libarchive.so is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) attacks. A malicious user can pass a 7z file to the read_CodersInfo
function in archive_read_support_format_7zip.c
to cause a NULL pointer dereference that can crash the application.
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/91312
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1
blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html
github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/d094dc02905605ca514baf87855f026b9bf52f1f
github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/513
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8922.html