NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service

NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service

CVE-2015-8916 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 returns a success code without filling the entry when the header is a "split file in multivolume RAR," which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted rar file.

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