PublicDateAtUSN: 2015-12-31
Candidate: CVE-2015-8924
PublicDate: 2016-09-20 14:15:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8924
 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3033-1
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.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
Bugs:
 https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/515
Priority: medium
Discovered-by: Hanno Boeck
Assigned-to: mdeslaur
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H [5.5 MEDIUM]

Patches_libarchive:
 upstream: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/bb9b157
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)