CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-0860

Published: Dec 03, 2015 | Modified: Jul 01, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

Off-by-one error in the extracthalf function in dpkg-deb/extract.c in the dpkg-deb component in Debian dpkg 1.16.x before 1.16.17 and 1.17.x before 1.17.26 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the archive magic version number in an old-style Debian binary package, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ubuntu_linux Canonical 12.04 (including) 12.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linux Canonical 14.04 (including) 14.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linux Canonical 15.04 (including) 15.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linux Canonical 15.10 (including) 15.10 (including)
Dpkg Ubuntu devel *
Dpkg Ubuntu precise *
Dpkg Ubuntu trusty *
Dpkg Ubuntu vivid *
Dpkg Ubuntu vivid/stable-phone-overlay *
Dpkg Ubuntu vivid/ubuntu-core *
Dpkg Ubuntu wily *

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