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authorLeo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>2016-10-02 15:58:06 -0400
committerLeo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>2016-10-03 16:52:28 -0400
commitb38e97e03b92d54524953949934884828a1683c1 (patch)
treefde3b2a9c2c85a51a501ea92b785e7852fd4c102
parent85358aef8e80d810405916f571816bd028c245b8 (diff)
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gnu: libarchive: Fix several security issues.
* gnu/packages/backup.scm (libarchive)[replacement]: New field. (libarchive/fixed): New variable. * gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-7zip-heap-overflow.patch, gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-fix-symlink-check.patch, gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-fix-filesystem-attacks.patch, gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-safe_fprintf-buffer-overflow.patch: New files. * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add them.
-rw-r--r--gnu/local.mk4
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/backup.scm12
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-7zip-heap-overflow.patch77
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-fix-filesystem-attacks.patch445
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-fix-symlink-check.patch60
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-safe_fprintf-buffer-overflow.patch44
6 files changed, 642 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 7e6fa8d949..2637791b81 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -624,6 +624,10 @@ dist_patch_DATA = \
%D%/packages/patches/liba52-link-with-libm.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/liba52-set-soname.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/liba52-use-mtune-not-mcpu.patch \
+ %D%/packages/patches/libarchive-7zip-heap-overflow.patch \
+ %D%/packages/patches/libarchive-fix-symlink-check.patch \
+ %D%/packages/patches/libarchive-fix-filesystem-attacks.patch \
+ %D%/packages/patches/libarchive-safe_fprintf-buffer-overflow.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/libbonobo-activation-test-race.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/libcanberra-sound-theme-freedesktop.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/libcmis-fix-test-onedrive.patch \
diff --git a/gnu/packages/backup.scm b/gnu/packages/backup.scm
index c6f1321d77..797c06e149 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/backup.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/backup.scm
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ backups (called chunks) to allow easy burning to CD/DVD.")
(define-public libarchive
(package
(name "libarchive")
+ (replacement libarchive/fixed)
(version "3.2.1")
(source
(origin
@@ -227,6 +228,17 @@ archive. In particular, note that there is currently no built-in support for
random access nor for in-place modification.")
(license license:bsd-2)))
+(define libarchive/fixed
+ (package
+ (inherit libarchive)
+ (source (origin
+ (inherit (package-source libarchive))
+ (patches (search-patches
+ "libarchive-7zip-heap-overflow.patch"
+ "libarchive-fix-symlink-check.patch"
+ "libarchive-fix-filesystem-attacks.patch"
+ "libarchive-safe_fprintf-buffer-overflow.patch"))))))
+
(define-public rdup
(package
(name "rdup")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-7zip-heap-overflow.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-7zip-heap-overflow.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bef628f0a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-7zip-heap-overflow.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+Fix buffer overflow reading 7Zip files:
+
+https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/761
+
+Patch copied from upstream repository:
+
+https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/7f17c791dcfd8c0416e2cd2485b19410e47ef126
+
+From 7f17c791dcfd8c0416e2cd2485b19410e47ef126 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org>
+Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 18:14:58 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Issue 761: Heap overflow reading corrupted 7Zip files
+
+The sample file that demonstrated this had multiple 'EmptyStream'
+attributes. The first one ended up being used to calculate
+certain statistics, then was overwritten by the second which
+was incompatible with those statistics.
+
+The fix here is to reject any header with multiple EmptyStream
+attributes. While here, also reject headers with multiple
+EmptyFile, AntiFile, Name, or Attributes markers.
+---
+ libarchive/archive_read_support_format_7zip.c | 10 ++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/libarchive/archive_read_support_format_7zip.c b/libarchive/archive_read_support_format_7zip.c
+index 1dfe52b..c0a536c 100644
+--- a/libarchive/archive_read_support_format_7zip.c
++++ b/libarchive/archive_read_support_format_7zip.c
+@@ -2431,6 +2431,8 @@ read_Header(struct archive_read *a, struct _7z_header_info *h,
+
+ switch (type) {
+ case kEmptyStream:
++ if (h->emptyStreamBools != NULL)
++ return (-1);
+ h->emptyStreamBools = calloc((size_t)zip->numFiles,
+ sizeof(*h->emptyStreamBools));
+ if (h->emptyStreamBools == NULL)
+@@ -2451,6 +2453,8 @@ read_Header(struct archive_read *a, struct _7z_header_info *h,
+ return (-1);
+ break;
+ }
++ if (h->emptyFileBools != NULL)
++ return (-1);
+ h->emptyFileBools = calloc(empty_streams,
+ sizeof(*h->emptyFileBools));
+ if (h->emptyFileBools == NULL)
+@@ -2465,6 +2469,8 @@ read_Header(struct archive_read *a, struct _7z_header_info *h,
+ return (-1);
+ break;
+ }
++ if (h->antiBools != NULL)
++ return (-1);
+ h->antiBools = calloc(empty_streams,
+ sizeof(*h->antiBools));
+ if (h->antiBools == NULL)
+@@ -2491,6 +2497,8 @@ read_Header(struct archive_read *a, struct _7z_header_info *h,
+ if ((ll & 1) || ll < zip->numFiles * 4)
+ return (-1);
+
++ if (zip->entry_names != NULL)
++ return (-1);
+ zip->entry_names = malloc(ll);
+ if (zip->entry_names == NULL)
+ return (-1);
+@@ -2543,6 +2551,8 @@ read_Header(struct archive_read *a, struct _7z_header_info *h,
+ if ((p = header_bytes(a, 2)) == NULL)
+ return (-1);
+ allAreDefined = *p;
++ if (h->attrBools != NULL)
++ return (-1);
+ h->attrBools = calloc((size_t)zip->numFiles,
+ sizeof(*h->attrBools));
+ if (h->attrBools == NULL)
+--
+2.10.0
+
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-fix-filesystem-attacks.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-fix-filesystem-attacks.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bce63d5e4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-fix-filesystem-attacks.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,445 @@
+This patch fixes two bugs that allow attackers to overwrite or change
+the permissions of arbitrary files:
+
+https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/745
+https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/746
+
+Patch copied from upstream repository:
+
+https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/dfd6b54ce33960e420fb206d8872fb759b577ad9
+
+From dfd6b54ce33960e420fb206d8872fb759b577ad9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org>
+Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 13:21:57 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Fixes for Issue #745 and Issue #746 from Doran Moppert.
+
+---
+ libarchive/archive_write_disk_posix.c | 294 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
+ 1 file changed, 227 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/libarchive/archive_write_disk_posix.c b/libarchive/archive_write_disk_posix.c
+index 8f0421e..abe1a86 100644
+--- a/libarchive/archive_write_disk_posix.c
++++ b/libarchive/archive_write_disk_posix.c
+@@ -326,12 +326,14 @@ struct archive_write_disk {
+
+ #define HFS_BLOCKS(s) ((s) >> 12)
+
++static int check_symlinks_fsobj(char *path, int *error_number, struct archive_string *error_string, int flags);
+ static int check_symlinks(struct archive_write_disk *);
+ static int create_filesystem_object(struct archive_write_disk *);
+ static struct fixup_entry *current_fixup(struct archive_write_disk *, const char *pathname);
+ #if defined(HAVE_FCHDIR) && defined(PATH_MAX)
+ static void edit_deep_directories(struct archive_write_disk *ad);
+ #endif
++static int cleanup_pathname_fsobj(char *path, int *error_number, struct archive_string *error_string, int flags);
+ static int cleanup_pathname(struct archive_write_disk *);
+ static int create_dir(struct archive_write_disk *, char *);
+ static int create_parent_dir(struct archive_write_disk *, char *);
+@@ -2014,6 +2016,10 @@ create_filesystem_object(struct archive_write_disk *a)
+ const char *linkname;
+ mode_t final_mode, mode;
+ int r;
++ /* these for check_symlinks_fsobj */
++ char *linkname_copy; /* non-const copy of linkname */
++ struct archive_string error_string;
++ int error_number;
+
+ /* We identify hard/symlinks according to the link names. */
+ /* Since link(2) and symlink(2) don't handle modes, we're done here. */
+@@ -2022,6 +2028,27 @@ create_filesystem_object(struct archive_write_disk *a)
+ #if !HAVE_LINK
+ return (EPERM);
+ #else
++ archive_string_init(&error_string);
++ linkname_copy = strdup(linkname);
++ if (linkname_copy == NULL) {
++ return (EPERM);
++ }
++ /* TODO: consider using the cleaned-up path as the link target? */
++ r = cleanup_pathname_fsobj(linkname_copy, &error_number, &error_string, a->flags);
++ if (r != ARCHIVE_OK) {
++ archive_set_error(&a->archive, error_number, "%s", error_string.s);
++ free(linkname_copy);
++ /* EPERM is more appropriate than error_number for our callers */
++ return (EPERM);
++ }
++ r = check_symlinks_fsobj(linkname_copy, &error_number, &error_string, a->flags);
++ if (r != ARCHIVE_OK) {
++ archive_set_error(&a->archive, error_number, "%s", error_string.s);
++ free(linkname_copy);
++ /* EPERM is more appropriate than error_number for our callers */
++ return (EPERM);
++ }
++ free(linkname_copy);
+ r = link(linkname, a->name) ? errno : 0;
+ /*
+ * New cpio and pax formats allow hardlink entries
+@@ -2362,115 +2389,228 @@ current_fixup(struct archive_write_disk *a, const char *pathname)
+ * recent paths.
+ */
+ /* TODO: Extend this to support symlinks on Windows Vista and later. */
++
++/*
++ * Checks the given path to see if any elements along it are symlinks. Returns
++ * ARCHIVE_OK if there are none, otherwise puts an error in errmsg.
++ */
+ static int
+-check_symlinks(struct archive_write_disk *a)
++check_symlinks_fsobj(char *path, int *error_number, struct archive_string *error_string, int flags)
+ {
+ #if !defined(HAVE_LSTAT)
+ /* Platform doesn't have lstat, so we can't look for symlinks. */
+ (void)a; /* UNUSED */
++ (void)path; /* UNUSED */
++ (void)error_number; /* UNUSED */
++ (void)error_string; /* UNUSED */
++ (void)flags; /* UNUSED */
+ return (ARCHIVE_OK);
+ #else
+- char *pn;
++ int res = ARCHIVE_OK;
++ char *tail;
++ char *head;
++ int last;
+ char c;
+ int r;
+ struct stat st;
++ int restore_pwd;
++
++ /* Nothing to do here if name is empty */
++ if(path[0] == '\0')
++ return (ARCHIVE_OK);
+
+ /*
+ * Guard against symlink tricks. Reject any archive entry whose
+ * destination would be altered by a symlink.
++ *
++ * Walk the filename in chunks separated by '/'. For each segment:
++ * - if it doesn't exist, continue
++ * - if it's symlink, abort or remove it
++ * - if it's a directory and it's not the last chunk, cd into it
++ * As we go:
++ * head points to the current (relative) path
++ * tail points to the temporary \0 terminating the segment we're currently examining
++ * c holds what used to be in *tail
++ * last is 1 if this is the last tail
+ */
+- /* Whatever we checked last time doesn't need to be re-checked. */
+- pn = a->name;
+- if (archive_strlen(&(a->path_safe)) > 0) {
+- char *p = a->path_safe.s;
+- while ((*pn != '\0') && (*p == *pn))
+- ++p, ++pn;
+- }
++ restore_pwd = open(".", O_RDONLY | O_BINARY | O_CLOEXEC);
++ __archive_ensure_cloexec_flag(restore_pwd);
++ if (restore_pwd < 0)
++ return (ARCHIVE_FATAL);
++ head = path;
++ tail = path;
++ last = 0;
++ /* TODO: reintroduce a safe cache here? */
+ /* Skip the root directory if the path is absolute. */
+- if(pn == a->name && pn[0] == '/')
+- ++pn;
+- c = pn[0];
+- /* Keep going until we've checked the entire name. */
+- while (pn[0] != '\0' && (pn[0] != '/' || pn[1] != '\0')) {
++ if(tail == path && tail[0] == '/')
++ ++tail;
++ /* Keep going until we've checked the entire name.
++ * head, tail, path all alias the same string, which is
++ * temporarily zeroed at tail, so be careful restoring the
++ * stashed (c=tail[0]) for error messages.
++ * Exiting the loop with break is okay; continue is not.
++ */
++ while (!last) {
++ /* Skip the separator we just consumed, plus any adjacent ones */
++ while (*tail == '/')
++ ++tail;
+ /* Skip the next path element. */
+- while (*pn != '\0' && *pn != '/')
+- ++pn;
+- c = pn[0];
+- pn[0] = '\0';
++ while (*tail != '\0' && *tail != '/')
++ ++tail;
++ /* is this the last path component? */
++ last = (tail[0] == '\0') || (tail[0] == '/' && tail[1] == '\0');
++ /* temporarily truncate the string here */
++ c = tail[0];
++ tail[0] = '\0';
+ /* Check that we haven't hit a symlink. */
+- r = lstat(a->name, &st);
++ r = lstat(head, &st);
+ if (r != 0) {
++ tail[0] = c;
+ /* We've hit a dir that doesn't exist; stop now. */
+ if (errno == ENOENT) {
+ break;
+ } else {
+- /* Note: This effectively disables deep directory
++ /* Treat any other error as fatal - best to be paranoid here
++ * Note: This effectively disables deep directory
+ * support when security checks are enabled.
+ * Otherwise, very long pathnames that trigger
+ * an error here could evade the sandbox.
+ * TODO: We could do better, but it would probably
+ * require merging the symlink checks with the
+ * deep-directory editing. */
+- return (ARCHIVE_FAILED);
++ if (error_number) *error_number = errno;
++ if (error_string)
++ archive_string_sprintf(error_string,
++ "Could not stat %s",
++ path);
++ res = ARCHIVE_FAILED;
++ break;
++ }
++ } else if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
++ if (!last) {
++ if (chdir(head) != 0) {
++ tail[0] = c;
++ if (error_number) *error_number = errno;
++ if (error_string)
++ archive_string_sprintf(error_string,
++ "Could not chdir %s",
++ path);
++ res = (ARCHIVE_FATAL);
++ break;
++ }
++ /* Our view is now from inside this dir: */
++ head = tail + 1;
+ }
+ } else if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
+- if (c == '\0') {
++ if (last) {
+ /*
+ * Last element is symlink; remove it
+ * so we can overwrite it with the
+ * item being extracted.
+ */
+- if (unlink(a->name)) {
+- archive_set_error(&a->archive, errno,
+- "Could not remove symlink %s",
+- a->name);
+- pn[0] = c;
+- return (ARCHIVE_FAILED);
++ if (unlink(head)) {
++ tail[0] = c;
++ if (error_number) *error_number = errno;
++ if (error_string)
++ archive_string_sprintf(error_string,
++ "Could not remove symlink %s",
++ path);
++ res = ARCHIVE_FAILED;
++ break;
+ }
+- a->pst = NULL;
+ /*
+ * Even if we did remove it, a warning
+ * is in order. The warning is silly,
+ * though, if we're just replacing one
+ * symlink with another symlink.
+ */
+- if (!S_ISLNK(a->mode)) {
+- archive_set_error(&a->archive, 0,
+- "Removing symlink %s",
+- a->name);
++ tail[0] = c;
++ /* FIXME: not sure how important this is to restore
++ if (!S_ISLNK(path)) {
++ if (error_number) *error_number = 0;
++ if (error_string)
++ archive_string_sprintf(error_string,
++ "Removing symlink %s",
++ path);
+ }
++ */
+ /* Symlink gone. No more problem! */
+- pn[0] = c;
+- return (0);
+- } else if (a->flags & ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_UNLINK) {
++ res = ARCHIVE_OK;
++ break;
++ } else if (flags & ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_UNLINK) {
+ /* User asked us to remove problems. */
+- if (unlink(a->name) != 0) {
+- archive_set_error(&a->archive, 0,
+- "Cannot remove intervening symlink %s",
+- a->name);
+- pn[0] = c;
+- return (ARCHIVE_FAILED);
++ if (unlink(head) != 0) {
++ tail[0] = c;
++ if (error_number) *error_number = 0;
++ if (error_string)
++ archive_string_sprintf(error_string,
++ "Cannot remove intervening symlink %s",
++ path);
++ res = ARCHIVE_FAILED;
++ break;
+ }
+- a->pst = NULL;
++ tail[0] = c;
+ } else {
+- archive_set_error(&a->archive, 0,
+- "Cannot extract through symlink %s",
+- a->name);
+- pn[0] = c;
+- return (ARCHIVE_FAILED);
++ tail[0] = c;
++ if (error_number) *error_number = 0;
++ if (error_string)
++ archive_string_sprintf(error_string,
++ "Cannot extract through symlink %s",
++ path);
++ res = ARCHIVE_FAILED;
++ break;
+ }
+ }
+- pn[0] = c;
+- if (pn[0] != '\0')
+- pn++; /* Advance to the next segment. */
++ /* be sure to always maintain this */
++ tail[0] = c;
++ if (tail[0] != '\0')
++ tail++; /* Advance to the next segment. */
+ }
+- pn[0] = c;
+- /* We've checked and/or cleaned the whole path, so remember it. */
+- archive_strcpy(&a->path_safe, a->name);
+- return (ARCHIVE_OK);
++ /* Catches loop exits via break */
++ tail[0] = c;
++#ifdef HAVE_FCHDIR
++ /* If we changed directory above, restore it here. */
++ if (restore_pwd >= 0) {
++ r = fchdir(restore_pwd);
++ if (r != 0) {
++ if(error_number) *error_number = errno;
++ if(error_string)
++ archive_string_sprintf(error_string,
++ "chdir() failure");
++ }
++ close(restore_pwd);
++ restore_pwd = -1;
++ if (r != 0) {
++ res = (ARCHIVE_FATAL);
++ }
++ }
++#endif
++ /* TODO: reintroduce a safe cache here? */
++ return res;
+ #endif
+ }
+
++/*
++ * Check a->name for symlinks, returning ARCHIVE_OK if its clean, otherwise
++ * calls archive_set_error and returns ARCHIVE_{FATAL,FAILED}
++ */
++static int
++check_symlinks(struct archive_write_disk *a)
++{
++ struct archive_string error_string;
++ int error_number;
++ int rc;
++ archive_string_init(&error_string);
++ rc = check_symlinks_fsobj(a->name, &error_number, &error_string, a->flags);
++ if (rc != ARCHIVE_OK) {
++ archive_set_error(&a->archive, error_number, "%s", error_string.s);
++ }
++ archive_string_free(&error_string);
++ a->pst = NULL; /* to be safe */
++ return rc;
++}
++
++
+ #if defined(__CYGWIN__)
+ /*
+ * 1. Convert a path separator from '\' to '/' .
+@@ -2544,15 +2684,17 @@ cleanup_pathname_win(struct archive_write_disk *a)
+ * is set) if the path is absolute.
+ */
+ static int
+-cleanup_pathname(struct archive_write_disk *a)
++cleanup_pathname_fsobj(char *path, int *error_number, struct archive_string *error_string, int flags)
+ {
+ char *dest, *src;
+ char separator = '\0';
+
+- dest = src = a->name;
++ dest = src = path;
+ if (*src == '\0') {
+- archive_set_error(&a->archive, ARCHIVE_ERRNO_MISC,
+- "Invalid empty pathname");
++ if (error_number) *error_number = ARCHIVE_ERRNO_MISC;
++ if (error_string)
++ archive_string_sprintf(error_string,
++ "Invalid empty pathname");
+ return (ARCHIVE_FAILED);
+ }
+
+@@ -2561,9 +2703,11 @@ cleanup_pathname(struct archive_write_disk *a)
+ #endif
+ /* Skip leading '/'. */
+ if (*src == '/') {
+- if (a->flags & ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_SECURE_NOABSOLUTEPATHS) {
+- archive_set_error(&a->archive, ARCHIVE_ERRNO_MISC,
+- "Path is absolute");
++ if (flags & ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_SECURE_NOABSOLUTEPATHS) {
++ if (error_number) *error_number = ARCHIVE_ERRNO_MISC;
++ if (error_string)
++ archive_string_sprintf(error_string,
++ "Path is absolute");
+ return (ARCHIVE_FAILED);
+ }
+
+@@ -2590,10 +2734,11 @@ cleanup_pathname(struct archive_write_disk *a)
+ } else if (src[1] == '.') {
+ if (src[2] == '/' || src[2] == '\0') {
+ /* Conditionally warn about '..' */
+- if (a->flags & ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_SECURE_NODOTDOT) {
+- archive_set_error(&a->archive,
+- ARCHIVE_ERRNO_MISC,
+- "Path contains '..'");
++ if (flags & ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_SECURE_NODOTDOT) {
++ if (error_number) *error_number = ARCHIVE_ERRNO_MISC;
++ if (error_string)
++ archive_string_sprintf(error_string,
++ "Path contains '..'");
+ return (ARCHIVE_FAILED);
+ }
+ }
+@@ -2624,7 +2769,7 @@ cleanup_pathname(struct archive_write_disk *a)
+ * We've just copied zero or more path elements, not including the
+ * final '/'.
+ */
+- if (dest == a->name) {
++ if (dest == path) {
+ /*
+ * Nothing got copied. The path must have been something
+ * like '.' or '/' or './' or '/././././/./'.
+@@ -2639,6 +2784,21 @@ cleanup_pathname(struct archive_write_disk *a)
+ return (ARCHIVE_OK);
+ }
+
++static int
++cleanup_pathname(struct archive_write_disk *a)
++{
++ struct archive_string error_string;
++ int error_number;
++ int rc;
++ archive_string_init(&error_string);
++ rc = cleanup_pathname_fsobj(a->name, &error_number, &error_string, a->flags);
++ if (rc != ARCHIVE_OK) {
++ archive_set_error(&a->archive, error_number, "%s", error_string.s);
++ }
++ archive_string_free(&error_string);
++ return rc;
++}
++
+ /*
+ * Create the parent directory of the specified path, assuming path
+ * is already in mutable storage.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-fix-symlink-check.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-fix-symlink-check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f042c31a84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-fix-symlink-check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+Make sure to check for symlinks even if the pathname is very long:
+
+https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/744
+
+Patch copied from upstream repository:
+
+https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/1fa9c7bf90f0862036a99896b0501c381584451a
+
+From 1fa9c7bf90f0862036a99896b0501c381584451a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org>
+Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 17:11:45 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Issue #744 (part of Issue #743): Enforce sandbox with very
+ long pathnames
+
+Because check_symlinks is handled separately from the deep-directory
+support, very long pathnames cause problems. Previously, the code
+ignored most failures to lstat() a path component. In particular,
+this led to check_symlinks always passing for very long paths, which
+in turn provides a way to evade the symlink checks in the sandboxing
+code.
+
+We now fail on unrecognized lstat() failures, which plugs this
+hole at the cost of disabling deep directory support when the
+user requests sandboxing.
+
+TODO: This probably cannot be completely fixed without
+entirely reimplementing the deep directory support to
+integrate the symlink checks. I want to reimplement the
+deep directory hanlding someday anyway; openat() and
+related system calls now provide a much cleaner way to
+handle deep directories than the chdir approach used by this
+code.
+---
+ libarchive/archive_write_disk_posix.c | 12 +++++++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/libarchive/archive_write_disk_posix.c b/libarchive/archive_write_disk_posix.c
+index 39ee3b6..8f0421e 100644
+--- a/libarchive/archive_write_disk_posix.c
++++ b/libarchive/archive_write_disk_posix.c
+@@ -2401,8 +2401,18 @@ check_symlinks(struct archive_write_disk *a)
+ r = lstat(a->name, &st);
+ if (r != 0) {
+ /* We've hit a dir that doesn't exist; stop now. */
+- if (errno == ENOENT)
++ if (errno == ENOENT) {
+ break;
++ } else {
++ /* Note: This effectively disables deep directory
++ * support when security checks are enabled.
++ * Otherwise, very long pathnames that trigger
++ * an error here could evade the sandbox.
++ * TODO: We could do better, but it would probably
++ * require merging the symlink checks with the
++ * deep-directory editing. */
++ return (ARCHIVE_FAILED);
++ }
+ } else if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
+ if (c == '\0') {
+ /*
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-safe_fprintf-buffer-overflow.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-safe_fprintf-buffer-overflow.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e70ac90ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/libarchive-safe_fprintf-buffer-overflow.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+Fixes this buffer overflow:
+https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e37b620fe8f14535d737e89a4dcabaed4517bf1a
+
+Patch copied from upstream source repository:
+https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e37b620fe8f14535d737e89a4dcabaed4517bf1a
+
+From e37b620fe8f14535d737e89a4dcabaed4517bf1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org>
+Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 10:51:43 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Issue #767: Buffer overflow printing a filename
+
+The safe_fprintf function attempts to ensure clean output for an
+arbitrary sequence of bytes by doing a trial conversion of the
+multibyte characters to wide characters -- if the resulting wide
+character is printable then we pass through the corresponding bytes
+unaltered, otherwise, we convert them to C-style ASCII escapes.
+
+The stack trace in Issue #767 suggest that the 20-byte buffer
+was getting overflowed trying to format a non-printable multibyte
+character. This should only happen if there is a valid multibyte
+character of more than 5 bytes that was unprintable. (Each byte
+would get expanded to a four-charcter octal-style escape of the form
+"\123" resulting in >20 characters for the >5 byte multibyte character.)
+
+I've not been able to reproduce this, but have expanded the conversion
+buffer to 128 bytes on the belief that no multibyte character set
+has a single character of more than 32 bytes.
+---
+ tar/util.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/tar/util.c b/tar/util.c
+index 9ff22f2..2b4aebe 100644
+--- a/tar/util.c
++++ b/tar/util.c
+@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ safe_fprintf(FILE *f, const char *fmt, ...)
+ }
+
+ /* If our output buffer is full, dump it and keep going. */
+- if (i > (sizeof(outbuff) - 20)) {
++ if (i > (sizeof(outbuff) - 128)) {
+ outbuff[i] = '\0';
+ fprintf(f, "%s", outbuff);
+ i = 0;