CVE-2015-8921

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-22810 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
5.0%
top 10.29%
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 ae_strtofflags function in archive_entry.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted mtree file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | 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-qh85-jxmr-j5xp: The ae_strtofflags function in archive_entry↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2015-8921: The ae_strtofflags function in archive_entry↗2016-09-20
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OSV
CVE-2015-8921: The ae_strtofflags function in archive_entry↗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: Global out of bounds read in mtree parser↗2016-06-17
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Debian
CVE-2015-8921: libarchive - The ae_strtofflags function in archive_entry.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows...↗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-2015-8921 libarchive: Global out of bounds read in mtree parser↗2016-06-22
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