CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-8916

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Sep 20, 2016 | Modified: Jan 05, 2018
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
3.5 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
3.7 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW

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.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

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 15.10 (including) 15.10 (including)
Ubuntu_linux Canonical 16.04 (including) 16.04 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat libarchive-0:3.1.2-10.el7_2 *
Libarchive Ubuntu trusty *
Libarchive Ubuntu upstream *
Libarchive Ubuntu wily *
Libarchive Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References