CVE-2015-8925

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8925
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-09-20 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2018-01-05 02:30:00 UTC
DescriptionThe readline function in archive_read_support_format_mtree.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read) via a crafted mtree file, related to newline parsing.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Application Libarchive Libarchive All All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 sp1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: Many invalid memory access issues in libarchive MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Linux Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Invalid read access on malformed mtree file in function read_mtree · Issue #516 · libarchive/libarchive · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
USN-3033-1: libarchive vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-03) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Many invalid memory access issues in libarchive | The Fuzzing Project MISC blog.fuzzing-project.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Many invalid memory access issues in libarchive MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
libarchive CVE-2015-8925 Invalid Memory Read Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3657-1 libarchive DEBIAN www.debian.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1909-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710502 Gentoo Linux libarchive Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-03)
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