CVE-2015-8929 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a malicious tar file due to a memory leak in libarchive.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-8929?
CVE-2015-8929 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Libarchive Libarchive, published on 20 Sep 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Memory leak in the __archive_read_get_extract function in archive_read_extract2.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a tar file.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8929?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Libarchive Libarchive, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit.
How do I fix CVE-2015-8929?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-8929 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8929 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Libarchive Libarchive
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8929, GHSA-24gg-vmf8-whvm.