PT-2015-7844 · Libarchive+3 · Libarchive+3

Hannob · Published 2015-12-31 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2015-8933

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 is related to an integer overflow in the archive read format tar skip function, which can be triggered by a crafted tar file. This can cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash.

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

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1654

CVE-2015-8933

DLA-554-1

DSA-3657-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2036-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10127-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1909-1

USN-3033-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

Libarchive

References · 91

• 🔥 https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/548 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8920 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8933 · 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://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8933 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-8933 · 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/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