USN-3033-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8916)
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2016-07-14 17:55 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:36 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
libarchive vulnerabilities
Details
Hanno Böck discovered that libarchive contained multiple security issues when processing certain malformed archive files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-8916, CVE-2015-8917 CVE-2015-8919, CVE-2015-8920, CVE-2015-8921, CVE-2015-8922, CVE-2015-8923, CVE-2015-8924, CVE-2015-8925, CVE-2015-8926, CVE-2015-8928, CVE-2015-8930, CVE-2015-8931, CVE-2015-8932, CVE-2015-8933, CVE-2015-8934, CVE-2016-5844)
Marcin "Icewall" Noga discovered that libarchive contained multiple security issues when processing certain malformed archive files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-4300, CVE-2016-4302)
It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled memory allocation with large cpio symlinks. A remote attacker could use this issue to possibly cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4809)
References
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{
"id": "CVE-2015-8931",
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"score": "low",
"type": "Ubuntu"
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]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2015-8932",
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"id": "CVE-2015-8933",
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"id": "CVE-2016-4809",
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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{
"id": "CVE-2015-8921",
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"id": "CVE-2015-8922",
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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{
"id": "CVE-2015-8925",
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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{
"id": "CVE-2015-8926",
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"id": "CVE-2015-8928",
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"type": "Ubuntu"
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{
"id": "CVE-2015-8930",
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"id": "CVE-2015-8931",
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"type": "Ubuntu"
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"id": "CVE-2015-8932",
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"type": "Ubuntu"
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{
"id": "CVE-2015-8933",
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"id": "CVE-2015-8934",
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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},
{
"id": "CVE-2016-4300",
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"type": "Ubuntu"
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},
{
"id": "CVE-2016-4302",
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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{
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"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
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]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2016-5844",
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"details": "Hanno B\u00f6ck discovered that libarchive contained multiple security issues\nwhen processing certain malformed archive files. A remote attacker could\nuse this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of\nservice, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-8916, CVE-2015-8917\nCVE-2015-8919, CVE-2015-8920, CVE-2015-8921, CVE-2015-8922, CVE-2015-8923,\nCVE-2015-8924, CVE-2015-8925, CVE-2015-8926, CVE-2015-8928, CVE-2015-8930,\nCVE-2015-8931, CVE-2015-8932, CVE-2015-8933, CVE-2015-8934, CVE-2016-5844)\n\nMarcin \"Icewall\" Noga discovered that libarchive contained multiple\nsecurity issues when processing certain malformed archive files. A remote\nattacker could use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a\ndenial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-4300,\nCVE-2016-4302)\n\nIt was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled memory allocation\nwith large cpio symlinks. A remote attacker could use this issue to\npossibly cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service.\n(CVE-2016-4809)\n",
"id": "USN-3033-1",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:33Z",
"published": "2016-07-14T17:55:04Z",
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"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3033-1"
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{
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"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5844"
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}
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