ALT-PU-2015-1779-1
Closed vulnerabilities
Published: 2015-12-03
Modified: 2024-11-21
Modified: 2024-11-21
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 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.
Severity: HIGH (7.5)
References:
- DSA-3407
- DSA-3407
- USN-2820-1
- USN-2820-1
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/dpkg-deb/extract.c?id=e65aa3db04eb908c9507d5d356a95cedb890814d
- 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://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://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798324
- GLSA-201612-07
- GLSA-201612-07