CVE-2015-8930

Description

bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an ISO with a directory that is a member of itself.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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References

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8930.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91339
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1
• https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/522
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8930

CWEs

CWE-20

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