CVE-2015-8920

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-22810 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.82%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Libarchive LibarchiveCanonical Ubuntu LinuxNovell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop+2 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 20
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The _ar_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_ar.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds stack read) via a crafted ar file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

▶Debianlibarchive< 3.2.0-2+3
▶Ubuntulibarchive< 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.3+1
▶NVDlibarchive/libarchive3.1.901a

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-f3p9-58ff-r365: The _ar_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_ar↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2015-8920: The _ar_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_ar↗2016-09-20
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OSV
CVE-2015-8920: The _ar_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_ar↗2016-09-20
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OSV
libarchive vulnerabilities↗2016-07-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
libarchive vulnerabilities↗2016-07-14
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Red Hat
libarchive: Stack out of bounds read in ar parser↗2016-06-17
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Debian
CVE-2015-8920: libarchive - The _ar_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_ar.c in libarchive b...↗2015
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8920 CVE-2015-8921 CVE-2015-8932 CVE-2015-8933 CVE-2016-4809 CVE-2016-5844 CVE-2016-7166 libarchive: various flaws [epel-5]↗2016-07-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8920 libarchive: Stack out of bounds read in ar parser↗2016-06-21
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