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HistoryDec 07, 2016 - 12:00 a.m.

K91432940 : libarchive vulnerabilities CVE-2015-8920 and CVE-2016-4809

2016-12-0700:00:00
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26

6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.013 Low

EPSS

Percentile

85.7%

Security Advisory Description

The _ar_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_ar.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds stack read) via a crafted ar file.

The archive_read_format_cpio_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_cpio.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a CPIO archive with a large symlink.
Impact
There is no impact; F5 products are not affected by this vulnerability.