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CVE-2015-8933

Published: 20/09/2016 Updated: 04/11/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 383
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Vulnerability Summary

Integer overflow in the archive_read_format_tar_skip function in archive_read_support_format_tar.c in libarchive prior to 3.2.0 allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted tar file.

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Ubuntu Security Notice: libarchive vulnerabilities
libarchive could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file ...
Red Hat: CVE-2015-8933
Integer overflow in the archive_read_format_tar_skip function in archive_read_support_format_tarc in libarchive before 320 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted tar file ...

References

CWE-190http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.htmlhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.htmlhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/548http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91421https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657https://usn.ubuntu.com/3033-1/https://nvd.nist.gov
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