7.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2015-0860

Published: 03/12/2015 Updated: 01/07/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 668
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Off-by-one error in the extracthalf function in dpkg-deb/extract.c in the dpkg-deb component in Debian dpkg 1.16.x prior to 1.16.17 and 1.17.x prior to 1.17.26 allows remote malicious users to execute arbitrary code via the archive magic version number in an "old-style" Debian binary package, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

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canonical ubuntu linux 14.04

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canonical ubuntu linux 15.10

canonical ubuntu linux 15.04

debian dpkg 1.16.0.3

debian dpkg 1.16.1

debian dpkg 1.16.4

debian dpkg 1.16.4.1

debian dpkg 1.16.9

debian dpkg 1.16.15

debian dpkg 1.17.6

debian dpkg 1.17.7

debian dpkg 1.17.15

debian dpkg 1.17.16

debian dpkg 1.17.23

debian dpkg 1.17.24

debian dpkg 1.16.1.1

debian dpkg 1.16.1.2

debian dpkg 1.16.4.2

debian dpkg 1.16.4.3

debian dpkg 1.17.0

debian dpkg 1.17.1

debian dpkg 1.17.8

debian dpkg 1.17.9

debian dpkg 1.17.10

debian dpkg 1.17.17

debian dpkg 1.17.18

debian dpkg 1.17.25

debian dpkg 1.16.0.1

debian dpkg 1.16.0.2

debian dpkg 1.16.2

debian dpkg 1.16.3

debian dpkg 1.16.7

debian dpkg 1.16.8

debian dpkg 1.17.4

debian dpkg 1.17.5

debian dpkg 1.17.13

debian dpkg 1.17.14

debian dpkg 1.17.21

debian dpkg 1.17.22

debian dpkg 1.16.0

debian dpkg 1.16.10

debian dpkg 1.16.11

debian dpkg 1.16.12

debian dpkg 1.16.5

debian dpkg 1.16.6

debian dpkg 1.17.2

debian dpkg 1.17.3

debian dpkg 1.17.11

debian dpkg 1.17.12

debian dpkg 1.17.19

debian dpkg 1.17.20

Vendor Advisories

dpkg-deb could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file ...
Hanno Boeck discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the dpkg-deb component of dpkg, the Debian package management system This flaw could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution if a user or an automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted Debian binary package (deb) in the old style Debian binary package format This ...