CVE-2015-8929

Description

Memory leak in the __archive_read_get_extract function in archive_read_extract2.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a tar file.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91340

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3