CVE - CVE-2015-8924

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-8924	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The archive_read_format_tar_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_tar.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted tar file.
References
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BID:91308 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91308 CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html CONFIRM:https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/515 DEBIAN:DSA-3657 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657 GENTOO:GLSA-201701-03 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 MISC:https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20160617 Many invalid memory access issues in libarchive URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2 MLIST:[oss-security] 20160617 Re: Many invalid memory access issues in libarchive URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5 REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1844 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2016:1909 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html UBUNTU:USN-3033-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20160617	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20160617)
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