high7.5
CVE-2015-0860
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 all…
Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.04, 15.10 |
| Debian | Dpkg | Versions 1.16.0, 1.16.0.1, 1.16.0.2, 1.16.0.3, 1.16.1, 1.16.1.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3407
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2820-1
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/dpkg-deb/extract.c?id=e65aa3db04eb908c9507d5d356a95cedb890814d
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/30-Stack-overflows-and-out-of-bounds-read-in-dpkg-Debian.html
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798324
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-07
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3407
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2820-1
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/dpkg-deb/extract.c?id=e65aa3db04eb908c9507d5d356a95cedb890814d
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/30-Stack-overflows-and-out-of-bounds-read-in-dpkg-Debian.html
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798324
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-07