CVE-2015-8930

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2015-8930  

A vulnerability was found in libarchive. A specially crafted ISO file could cause the application to consume resources until it hit a memory limit, leading to a crash or denial of service.

A vulnerability was found in libarchive. A specially crafted ISO file could cause the application to consume resources until it hit a memory limit, leading to a crash or denial of service.

Find out more about CVE-2015-8930 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 3.5
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

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 3.7
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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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (libarchive) RHSA-2016:1844 2016-09-12

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libarchive Not affected