UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8929

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8929
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8929.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8929
Related
Published
2016-09-20T14:15:00Z
Modified
2016-09-20T14:15:00Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Memory leak in the _archivereadgetextract function in archivereadextract2.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a tar file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libarchive

Package

Name
libarchive
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libarchive?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.1.2-11build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "bsdcpio"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "bsdcpio-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "bsdtar"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "bsdtar-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libarchive-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libarchive13"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libarchive13-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}