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CVSSv2

CVE-2015-8930

Published: 20/09/2016 Updated: 05/01/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 445
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

bsdtar in libarchive prior to 3.2.0 allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an ISO with a directory that is a member of itself.

Vulnerability Trend

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suse linux enterprise server 12

suse linux enterprise software development kit 12

suse linux enterprise desktop 12

libarchive libarchive

canonical ubuntu linux 16.04

canonical ubuntu linux 15.10

canonical ubuntu linux 14.04

canonical ubuntu linux 12.04

Vendor Advisories

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