CVE-2015-8925 — Out-of-bounds Read in Libarchive

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-228 — Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure9 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV6.5
EPSS
0.5%
top 33.75%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
LibarchiveCanonical Ubuntu LinuxSuse Linux Enterprise Desktop+2 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 20
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The 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.

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/libarchive< 3.2.0-2+3
▶Ubuntulibarchive/libarchive< 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-m5j4-mpv5-r856: The readline function in archive_read_support_format_mtree↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2015-8925: The readline function in archive_read_support_format_mtree↗2016-09-20
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OSV
CVE-2015-8925: The readline function in archive_read_support_format_mtree↗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: Unclear invalid memory read in mtree parser↗2016-06-17
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Debian
CVE-2015-8925: libarchive - The readline function in archive_read_support_format_mtree.c in libarchive befor...↗2015
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8925 libarchive: Unclear invalid memory read in mtree parser↗2016-06-21
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