PT-2015-7840 · Libarchive+5 · Libarchive+5

Hannob · Published 2015-12-31 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2015-8928

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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 (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted mtree file. This is due to a problem in the process add entry function in archive read support format mtree.c.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.2.0, update to version 3.2.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to crafted mtree files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1654

CESA-2016_1844

CVE-2015-8928

DSA-3657-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2036-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10127-1

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 · 93

• 🔥 https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/550 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8920 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8928 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8928 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8925 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8928 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-1844.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8924 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8921 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8922 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10127-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-8928 · 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