CVE-2015-8932
Public on 2016-09-20
Modified on 2016-09-27
Description
Undefined behavior (invalid left shift) was discovered in libarchive, in how Compress streams are identified. This could cause certain files to be mistakenly identified as Compress archives and fail to read.
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:N/I:N/A:P |
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 3.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| 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 |