Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2015-8920 First vendor Publication 2016-09-20
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-09-12

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 5.5
Base Score 5.5 Environmental Score 5.5
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 5.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The _ar_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_ar.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds stack read) via a crafted ar file.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8920

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 18
Application 1
Os 4
Os 1
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-05-01 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2016-1045.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-03 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-03.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-28 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2016-743.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-16 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2016-1850.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-16 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2016-1844.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-13 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2016-1844.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-13 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20160912_libarchive_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-13 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20160912_libarchive_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-13 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2016-1850.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-13 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-1850.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-13 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-1844.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-31 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3657.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-29 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-1939-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-29 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-1909-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-16 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-969.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-07-22 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-554.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-07-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3033-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91301
CONFIRM http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-309054...
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/511
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
GENTOO https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
MISC https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-liba...
MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5
REDHAT http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1

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2023-09-13 17:27:50
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2023-09-13 09:27:42
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2021-05-04 12:43:53
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2021-04-22 01:53:17
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2020-05-24 01:17:08
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2020-05-23 00:47:54
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2019-02-27 12:06:57
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2019-02-09 12:04:28
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2018-01-05 09:23:34
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2017-11-04 09:23:42
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2017-07-01 09:23:18
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2017-05-02 13:24:37
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2017-01-04 13:23:10
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2016-11-29 00:25:42
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2016-09-29 13:25:19
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2016-09-28 09:23:40
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2016-09-20 21:24:57
  • First insertion