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CVE-2015-0860

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-189 Numeric Errors
Publication date:
03/12/2015
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.16.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.16.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.16.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.16.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.16.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.16.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.16.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.16.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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