{"id":"USN-2981-1","summary":"libarchive vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain entry-size\nvalues in ZIP archives. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause\nlibarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute\narbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 15.10\nand Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-1541)\n\nIt was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled memory when\nprocessing certain tar files. A remote attacker could use this issue to\ncause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE number\npending)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:59Z","published":"2016-05-17T15:33:50Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8915","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1541"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-1541","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1541"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2981-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1541"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libarchive","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libarchive@3.1.2-7ubuntu2.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.2-7ubuntu2.2"}]}],"versions":["3.1.2-5ubuntu1","3.1.2-7ubuntu1","3.1.2-7ubuntu2","3.1.2-7ubuntu2.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"bsdcpio","binary_version":"3.1.2-7ubuntu2.2"},{"binary_name":"bsdtar","binary_version":"3.1.2-7ubuntu2.2"},{"binary_name":"libarchive-dev","binary_version":"3.1.2-7ubuntu2.2"},{"binary_name":"libarchive13","binary_version":"3.1.2-7ubuntu2.2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2981-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-1541","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]}}},{"package":{"name":"libarchive","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libarchive@3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.1"}]}],"versions":["3.1.2-11build1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"bsdcpio","binary_version":"3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.1"},{"binary_name":"bsdtar","binary_version":"3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libarchive-dev","binary_version":"3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libarchive13","binary_version":"3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2981-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-1541","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}