A vulnerability was found in libarchive. A specially crafted MTREE file could cause a small out-of-bounds read, potentially disclosing a small amount of application memory.
Find out more about CVE-2015-8925 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:P/I:N/A:N |
Access Vector | Network |
Access Complexity | Medium |
Authentication | Single |
Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | None |
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:L/I:N/A:N |
Attack Vector | Network |
Attack Complexity | High |
Privileges Required | None |
User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | Low |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | None |
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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 |