CVE-2015-8932

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-68210 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Libarchive LibarchiveCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Debian Linux+3 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 20
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The compress_bidder_init function in archive_read_support_filter_compress.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted tar file, which triggers an invalid left shift.

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: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-4p3j-28fx-jj2w: The compress_bidder_init function in archive_read_support_filter_compress↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2015-8932: The compress_bidder_init function in archive_read_support_filter_compress↗2016-09-20
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OSV
CVE-2015-8932: The compress_bidder_init function in archive_read_support_filter_compress↗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: Undefined behavior / invalid shiftleft in TAR parser↗2016-06-17
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Debian
CVE-2015-8932: libarchive - The compress_bidder_init function in archive_read_support_filter_compress.c in l...↗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-2015-8932 libarchive: Undefined behavior / invalid shiftleft in TAR parser↗2016-06-22
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CVE-2015-8932 (MEDIUM CVSS 5.5) | The compress_bidder_init function i | cvebase.io