CVE-2015-0860
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 3, 2015
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 7, 2015
Description
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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798324
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/dpkg-deb/extract.c?id=e65aa3db04eb908c9507d5d356a95cedb890814d
- GLSA-201612-07vendor-advisory
- DSA-3407vendor-advisory
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/30-Stack-overflows-and-out-of-bounds-read-in-dpkg-Debian.html
- USN-2820-1vendor-advisory
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