CVE-2015-8916
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.039 Low
EPSS
Percentile
92.0%
bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 returns a success code without filling the entry when the header is a “split file in multivolume RAR,” which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted rar file.
References
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/91296
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1
blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html
github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/504
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8916
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
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6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.039 Low
EPSS
Percentile
92.0%