Undefined behavior (invalid left shift) was discovered in libarchive, in how Compress streams are identified. This could cause certain files to be mistakenly identified as Compress archives and fail to read.
Find out more about CVE-2015-8932 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| 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 |
| CVSS3 Base Score | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Low |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (libarchive) | RHSA-2016:1850 | 2016-09-12 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (libarchive) | RHSA-2016:1844 | 2016-09-12 |
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