CVE-2015-8920

Published: 31 December 2015

The _ar_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_ar.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds stack read) via a crafted ar file.

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 5.5

Status

Package	Release	Status
libarchive Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (3.2.0-2)




	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)	Released (3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.2)
	Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr)	Released (3.1.2-7ubuntu2.3)
	Patches: Upstream: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/97f964e

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8920
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3033-1
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Bugs

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/511

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