DEBIAN-CVE-2025-60753

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-60753
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-60753.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-60753
Upstream
Published
2025-11-05T16:15:40Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:05:55Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in libarchive bsdtar before version 3.8.1 in function apply_substitution in file tar/subst.c when processing crafted -s substitution rules. This can cause unbounded memory allocation and lead to denial of service (Out-of-Memory crash).

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / libarchive

Package

Name
libarchive
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libarchive?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.6.2-1
3.6.2-1+deb12u1
3.6.2-1+deb12u2
3.6.2-1+deb12u3
3.6.2-1+deb12u4
3.6.2-1+deb12u5
3.7.2-1
3.7.2-1.1~exp1
3.7.2-1.1
3.7.2-2
3.7.2-2.1
3.7.4-1
3.7.4-1.1
3.7.4-2
3.7.4-3
3.7.4-4
3.8.4-1
3.8.5-1
3.8.6-1
3.8.7-1
3.8.8-1
3.8.8-2
3.8.9-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-60753.json"

Debian:13 / libarchive

Package

Name
libarchive
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libarchive?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.7.4-4
3.7.4-4+deb13u1
3.8.4-1
3.8.5-1
3.8.6-1
3.8.7-1
3.8.8-1
3.8.8-2
3.8.9-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-60753.json"

Debian:14 / libarchive

Package

Name
libarchive
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libarchive?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.8.4-1

Affected versions

3.*
3.7.4-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-60753.json"