High severity · published Sep 20, 2016
CVE-2015-8917
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
7.5
CVSS
4.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.3% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
LI
Libarchive · Libarchive
through 3.1.901a · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 15.10; 16.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8917
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8917
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2
Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5
www.oracle.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91303
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