CVE-2015-8932
published 2016-09-20CVE-2015-8932: 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…
PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
2.21%
80.6th percentile
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.
Affected
17 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | libarchive | < libarchive 3.2.0-2 (bookworm) | libarchive 3.2.0-2 (bookworm) |
| libarchive | libarchive | <= 3.1.901a | — |
| libarchive | libarchive | >= 0 < 3.2.0-2 | 3.2.0-2 |
| libarchive | libarchive | >= 0 < 3.2.0-2 | 3.2.0-2 |
| libarchive | libarchive | >= 0 < 3.2.0-2 | 3.2.0-2 |
| libarchive | libarchive | >= 0 < 3.2.0-2 | 3.2.0-2 |
| libarchive | libarchive | >= 0 < 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.3 | 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.3 |
| libarchive | libarchive | >= 0 < 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.2 | 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.2 |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | — | — |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | — | — |
| suse | linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv6.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu6.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-4p3j-28fx-jj2w: The compress_bidder_init function in archive_read_support_filter_compress
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2015-8932 [MEDIUM] CWE-20 GHSA-4p3j-28fx-jj2w: The compress_bidder_init function in archive_read_support_filter_compress
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.
OSV
CVE-2015-8932: The compress_bidder_init function in archive_read_support_filter_compress
osv·2016-09-20·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2015-8932 [MEDIUM] CVE-2015-8932: The compress_bidder_init function in archive_read_support_filter_compress
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.
OSV
libarchive vulnerabilities
osv·2016-07-14·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2015-8916 [MEDIUM] libarchive vulnerabilities
libarchive vulnerabilities
Hanno Böck discovered that libarchive contained multiple security issues
when processing certain malformed archive files. A remote attacker could
use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-8916, CVE-2015-8917
CVE-2015-8919, CVE-2015-8920, CVE-2015-8921, CVE-2015-8922, CVE-2015-8923,
CVE-2015-8924, CVE-2015-8925, CVE-2015-8926, CVE-2015-8928, CVE-2015-8930,
CVE-2015-8931, CVE-2015-8932, CVE-2015-8933, CVE-2015-8934, CVE-2016-5844)
Marcin "Icewall" Noga discovered that libarchive contained multiple
security issues when processing certain malformed archive files. A remote
attacker could use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute
Ubuntu
libarchive vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2016-07-14·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2015-8916 [MEDIUM] libarchive vulnerabilities
Title: libarchive vulnerabilities
Summary: libarchive could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially
crafted file.
Hanno Böck discovered that libarchive contained multiple security issues
when processing certain malformed archive files. A remote attacker could
use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-8916, CVE-2015-8917
CVE-2015-8919, CVE-2015-8920, CVE-2015-8921, CVE-2015-8922, CVE-2015-8923,
CVE-2015-8924, CVE-2015-8925, CVE-2015-8926, CVE-2015-8928, CVE-2015-8930,
CVE-2015-8931, CVE-2015-8932, CVE-2015-8933, CVE-2015-8934, CVE-2016-5844)
Marcin "Icewall" Noga discovered that libarchive contained multiple
security issues when processing certain malformed archive files. A remote
attacke
Red Hat
libarchive: Undefined behavior / invalid shiftleft in TAR parser
vendor_redhat·2016-06-17·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2015-8932 [MEDIUM] CWE-682 libarchive: Undefined behavior / invalid shiftleft in TAR parser
libarchive: Undefined behavior / invalid shiftleft in TAR parser
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.
Undefined behavior (invalid left shift) was discovered in libarchive, in how Compress streams are identified. This could cause certain files to be mistakenly identified as Compress archives and fail to read.
Debian
CVE-2015-8932: libarchive - The compress_bidder_init function in archive_read_support_filter_compress.c in l...
vendor_debian·2015·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2015-8932 [MEDIUM] CVE-2015-8932: libarchive - The compress_bidder_init function in archive_read_support_filter_compress.c in l...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 3.2.0-2)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 3.2.0-2)
forky: resolved (fixed in 3.2.0-2)
sid: resolved (fixed in 3.2.0-2)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 3.2.0-2)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
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]
bugzilla·2016-07-05·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2015-8920 [MEDIUM] 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]
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]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora EPEL.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit messag
Bugzilla
libarchive: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2016-07-05·CVSS 6.5
[MEDIUM] libarchive: various flaws [fedora-all]
libarchive: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of Fedora. While only
one tracking bug has
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8932 libarchive: Undefined behavior / invalid shiftleft in TAR parser
bugzilla·2016-06-22·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2015-8932 [MEDIUM] CVE-2015-8932 libarchive: Undefined behavior / invalid shiftleft in TAR parser
CVE-2015-8932 libarchive: Undefined behavior / invalid shiftleft in TAR parser
Undefined behaviour (invalid left shift) was discovered in libarchive,
in how Compress streams are identified. This could cause certain
files to be mistakenly identified as Compress archives and fail to read.
Upstream bug:
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/547
Upstream fix:
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/f0b1dbb
Discussion:
Created libarchive tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1352776]
Affects: epel-5 [bug 1352775]
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This issue has been addressed in the following products:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Via RHSA-2016:1850 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html
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This issue has been addressed in the following products:
Red Hat Enterprise L
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91424http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.htmlhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/547https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8932https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91424http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.htmlhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/547https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8932https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
2016-09-20
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