CVE-2015-0857

Publication date 6 May 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

Cool Projects TarDiff allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a (1) tar file or (2) file within a tar file.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tardiff 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.1-5~build0.16.04.1
15.10 wily
Fixed 0.1-2+deb8u2build0.15.10.1
15.04 vivid Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.1-2+deb8u2build0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

not completely handled in 0.1-3

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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