CVE-2015-8929

CWE-119 — Buffer OverflowCWE-401 — Memory Leak7 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.3%
top 51.32%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Libarchive LibarchiveSuse Linux Enterprise DesktopSuse Linux Enterprise Server+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 20
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Memory leak in the __archive_read_get_extract function in archive_read_extract2.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a tar 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 Packages5 packages

▶Debianlibarchive< 3.2.0-2+3
▶NVDlibarchive/libarchive3.1.901a

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-24gg-vmf8-whvm: Memory leak in the __archive_read_get_extract function in archive_read_extract2↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2015-8929: Memory leak in the __archive_read_get_extract function in archive_read_extract2↗2016-09-20
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OSV
CVE-2015-8929: Memory leak in the __archive_read_get_extract function in archive_read_extract2↗2016-09-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
libarchive: Memory leak in TAR parser↗2016-06-17
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Debian
CVE-2015-8929: libarchive - Memory leak in the __archive_read_get_extract function in archive_read_extract2....↗2015
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8929 libarchive: Memory leak in TAR parser↗2016-06-22
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CVE-2015-8929 (MEDIUM CVSS 5.5) | Memory leak in the __archive_read_g | cvebase.io