Source: libarchive Version: 3.8.8-2 Severity: important Tags: security upstream Forwarded: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/3251 X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], Debian Security Team <[email protected]>
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for libarchive. CVE-2026-15028[0]: | A flaw was found in libarchive. This vulnerability allows a remote | attacker to trigger a heap overflow by providing a specially crafted | tar archive. The issue occurs during the parsing of a PAX extended | header containing a malformed SUN.holesdata sparse-file attribute. | Successful exploitation could lead to a denial of service, making | the system unavailable, or potentially allow for arbitrary code | execution, giving the attacker control over the affected system. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-15028 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-15028 [1] https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/3251 [2] https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/3253 [3] https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/c16162083a247efd4a2bc71401489bec3090ae7c Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore
