CVE-2015-8915
published 2016-09-20CVE-2015-8915: bsdcpio in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via crafted cpio file.
PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.82%
76.3th percentile
bsdcpio in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via crafted cpio file.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | libarchive | < libarchive 3.2.0-2 (bookworm) | libarchive 3.2.0-2 (bookworm) |
| libarchive | libarchive | <= 3.1.901a | — |
| libarchive | libarchive | >= 0 < 3.2.0-2 | 3.2.0-2 |
| libarchive | libarchive | >= 0 < 3.2.0-2 | 3.2.0-2 |
| libarchive | libarchive | >= 0 < 3.2.0-2 | 3.2.0-2 |
| libarchive | libarchive | >= 0 < 3.2.0-2 | 3.2.0-2 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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Red Hat
libarchive: crash via malformed cpio archive
vendor_redhat·2015-04-28·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2015-8915 [MEDIUM] CWE-125 libarchive: crash via malformed cpio archive
libarchive: crash via malformed cpio archive
bsdcpio in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via crafted cpio file.
Package: libarchive (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: libarchive (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2015-8915: libarchive - bsdcpio in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of ...
vendor_debian·2015·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2015-8915 [MEDIUM] CVE-2015-8915: libarchive - bsdcpio in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of ...
bsdcpio in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via crafted cpio file.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 3.2.0-2)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 3.2.0-2)
forky: resolved (fixed in 3.2.0-2)
sid: resolved (fixed in 3.2.0-2)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 3.2.0-2)
GHSA
GHSA-c9hw-3xr3-f2qr: bsdcpio in libarchive before 3
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2015-8915 [MEDIUM] CWE-125 GHSA-c9hw-3xr3-f2qr: bsdcpio in libarchive before 3
bsdcpio in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via crafted cpio file.
OSV
CVE-2015-8915: bsdcpio in libarchive before 3
osv·2016-09-20·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2015-8915 [MEDIUM] CVE-2015-8915: bsdcpio in libarchive before 3
bsdcpio in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via crafted cpio file.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8915 libarchive: crash via malformed cpio archive [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2015-04-29·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2015-8915 [MEDIUM] CVE-2015-8915 libarchive: crash via malformed cpio archive [fedora-all]
CVE-2015-8915 libarchive: crash via malformed cpio archive [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
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NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of Fedora
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8915 libarchive: crash via malformed cpio archive
bugzilla·2015-04-29·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2015-8915 [MEDIUM] CVE-2015-8915 libarchive: crash via malformed cpio archive
CVE-2015-8915 libarchive: crash via malformed cpio archive
An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way libarchive processed certain CPIO archives. An attacker could create a specially crafted CPIO archive that, when processed by an application using the libarchive library, would cause that application to crash.
Additional details:
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/102
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/502
Upstream patch:
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e6c9668f3202215ddb71617b41c19b6f05acf008
Discussion:
Created libarchive tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1216892]
Affects: epel-5 [bug 1216893]
---
libarchive-3.1.2-12.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make not
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8915 libarchive: crash via malformed cpio archive [epel-5]
bugzilla·2015-04-29·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2015-8915 [MEDIUM] CVE-2015-8915 libarchive: crash via malformed cpio archive [epel-5]
CVE-2015-8915 libarchive: crash via malformed cpio archive [epel-5]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora EPEL.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
epel-5 tracking bug for libarchive: see blocks bug list for f
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91298https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.htmlhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/503https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91298https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.htmlhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/503https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
2016-09-20
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