CVE-2015-8930

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-228CWE-8359 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
5.6%
top 9.64%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Libarchive LibarchiveCanonical Ubuntu LinuxSuse Linux Enterprise Desktop+2 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 20
Latest updateMay 14

Description

bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an ISO with a directory that is a member of itself.

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

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-7q6x-9f96-w6p8: bsdtar in libarchive before 3↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2015-8930: bsdtar in libarchive before 3↗2016-09-20
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CVEList
CVE-2015-8930: bsdtar in libarchive before 3↗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: Endless loop in ISO parser↗2016-06-17
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Debian
CVE-2015-8930: libarchive - bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of s...↗2015
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8930 libarchive: Endless loop in ISO parser↗2016-06-23
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CVE-2015-8930 (HIGH CVSS 7.5) | bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 a | cvebase.io