CVE-2015-8917 (GCVE-0-2015-8917)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-09-20 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 08:36
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an invalid character in the name of a cab file.
References
cve@mitre.org http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
cve@mitre.org http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91303
cve@mitre.org http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/505
cve@mitre.org https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8917 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91303
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/505
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8917 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
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