PT-2015-7832 · Libarchive+5 · Libarchive+5

Hanno Böck · CVE-2015-8919 · Published 2015-12-31 · Updated 2023-09-12

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libarchive versions prior to 3.2.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically an out-of-bounds heap, by using a crafted file, either in lzh or lha format. This is due to a problem in the lha read file extended header function.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.2.0, update to version 3.2.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1654

CESA-2016_1844

CVE-2015-8919

DLA-554-1

DSA-3657-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2036-1

RHSA-2016:1844

RHSA-2016_1844

SUSE-SU-2016:1909-1

USN-3033-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

Libarchive

References · 83

• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/510 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8920 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8925 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8928 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8924 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-1844.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8919 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8921 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8922 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8919 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:1909-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8917 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8932 · Vendor Advisory