ubuntu-cve-2024-48615
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-03-28 15:15
Modified
2025-07-16 05:18
Summary
Details

Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability in libarchive 3.7.6 and earlier when running program bsdtar in function header_pax_extension at rchive_read_support_format_tar.c:1844:8.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.4.0-2ubuntu1.4"
          },
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-tools-dbgsym",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libarchive13",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libarchive13-dbgsym",
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "libarchive",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libarchive@3.4.0-2ubuntu1.4?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
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            },
            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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        "3.4.0-1build1",
        "3.4.0-1ubuntu2",
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        "3.4.0-2ubuntu1.2",
        "3.4.0-2ubuntu1.3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-dev",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-tools",
            "binary_version": "3.6.0-1ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-tools-dbgsym",
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          },
          {
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          },
          {
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      },
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            }
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        "3.4.3-2build1",
        "3.5.2-1",
        "3.5.2-1ubuntu1",
        "3.6.0-1ubuntu1",
        "3.6.0-1ubuntu1.1",
        "3.6.0-1ubuntu1.2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.7.2-2ubuntu0.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-tools",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-tools-dbgsym",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libarchive13t64",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libarchive13t64-dbgsym",
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS",
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      },
      "ranges": [
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            {
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            },
            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.6.2-1ubuntu1",
        "3.7.2-1ubuntu1",
        "3.7.2-1ubuntu2",
        "3.7.2-1.1ubuntu2",
        "3.7.2-2",
        "3.7.2-2ubuntu0.1",
        "3.7.2-2ubuntu0.2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability in libarchive 3.7.6 and earlier when running program bsdtar in function header_pax_extension at rchive_read_support_format_tar.c:1844:8.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-48615",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T05:18:55Z",
  "published": "2025-03-28T15:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-48615"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48615"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/88Sanghy88/crash-test"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/download/v3.7.6/libarchive-3.7.6.tar.gz"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2024-48615"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T17:00:30Z"
}



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