CVE-2015-8929 describes a memory leak vulnerability in the libarchive library, specifically within the __archive_read_get_extract function, affecting versions prior to 3.2.0. This flaw can be triggered by remote attackers providing a specially crafted tar file, leading to a denial of service. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), the vulnerability requires local access and user interaction (UI:R) to exploit, but could result in high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.1.901aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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