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FKIE_CVE-2015-8917

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-09-20 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:35
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an invalid character in the name of a cab file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
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.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91303
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1Third Party Advisory
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/505
cve@mitre.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8917Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
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.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91303
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1Third Party Advisory
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/505
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8917Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
debian debian_linux 7.0
debian debian_linux 8.0
libarchive libarchive *
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 15.10
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
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