A vulnerability was found in libarchive. A specially crafted CAB file could cause the application dereference a NULL pointer, leading to a crash.
Find out more about CVE-2015-8917 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Base Score | 3.5 |
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Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Access Vector | Network |
Access Complexity | Medium |
Authentication | Single |
Confidentiality Impact | None |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | Partial |
CVSS3 Base Score | 3.7 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
Attack Vector | Network |
Attack Complexity | High |
Privileges Required | None |
User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | Low |
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Platform | Errata | Release Date |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (libarchive) | RHSA-2016:1844 | 2016-09-12 |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libarchive | Not affected |