cve-2015-8918
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-09-20 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 08:36
Severity ?
Summary
The archive_string_append function in archive_string.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted cab files, related to "overlapping memcpy."
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91300
cve@mitre.orghttps://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/506Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91300
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/506Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
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