PublicDateAtUSN: 2015-12-31
Candidate: CVE-2015-8919
PublicDate: 2016-09-20 14:15:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8919
 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3033-1
Description:
 The lha_read_file_extended_header function in
 archive_read_support_format_lha.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote
 attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap) via a crafted
 (1) lzh or (2) lha file.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
Bugs:
 https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/510
Priority: low
Discovered-by: Hanno Böck
Assigned-to: mdeslaur
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H [7.5 HIGH]

Patches_libarchive:
 upstream: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e8a2e4d
upstream_libarchive: released (3.2.0-2)
precise_libarchive: released (3.0.3-6ubuntu1.3)
trusty_libarchive: released (3.1.2-7ubuntu2.3)
trusty/esm_libarchive: released (3.1.2-7ubuntu2.3)
vivid/stable-phone-overlay_libarchive: DNE
vivid/ubuntu-core_libarchive: DNE
wily_libarchive: released (3.1.2-11ubuntu0.15.10.2)
xenial_libarchive: released (3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.2)
esm-infra/xenial_libarchive: released (3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.2)
devel_libarchive: not-affected (3.2.1-1)