PublicDateAtUSN: 2015-12-31
Candidate: CVE-2015-8931
PublicDate: 2016-09-20 14:15:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8931
 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3033-1
Description:
 Multiple integer overflows in the (1) get_time_t_max and (2) get_time_t_min
 functions in archive_read_support_format_mtree.c in libarchive before 3.2.0
 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted mtree file,
 which triggers undefined behavior.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
Bugs:
 https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/539
Priority: low
Discovered-by: Hanno Boeck
Assigned-to: mdeslaur
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H [7.8 HIGH]

Patches_libarchive:
 upstream: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/b31744df71084a8734f97199e42418f55d08c6c5
 upstream: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/c0c52e9aaafb0860c4151c5374372051e9354301
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)