CVE-2015-8920
Public on 2016-09-20
Modified on 2016-09-27
Description
A vulnerability was found in libarchive. A specially crafted AR archive could cause the application to read a single byte of application memory, potentially disclosing it to the attacker.
Severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | libarchive | 2016-09-27 | ALAS-2016-743 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 3.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 3.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |