CVE-2015-8917

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bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and cra

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.05663

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EPSS percentile: top 9% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

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Affected Products & Versions

debian linuxall versions
libarchive<= 3.1.901a
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

7.5

HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org

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Attack Vector

Network Adjacent Local Physical

Attack Complexity

Low High

Privileges Required

None Low High

User Interaction

None Required

Scope

Unchanged Changed

Confidentiality

None Low High

Integrity

None Low High

Availability

None Low High

Published to NVD20 Sep 2016 · 02:15 PM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10127-1
rhsaRHSA-2016:1844Important
usnUSN-3033-1

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5Third Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91303

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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1Third Party Advisory

https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.htmlThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/505

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8917Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

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