PT-2016-4060 · Libarchive+2 · Libarchive+2
Hanno Böck
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Published
2016-06-29
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Updated
2023-09-12
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CVE-2015-8918
CVSS v2.0
5.0
Medium
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
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 (crash) via crafted cab files. This is related to "overlapping memcpy" in the archive string append function in archive string.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 the use of crafted cab files to minimize the risk of exploitation.
Fix
DoS
Buffer Overflow
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Suse
Libarchive