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CVE-2015-0860

N/A
Published: December 3, 2015 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:21 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxDpkg

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

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.

Remediation

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Patch and advisory references

References (6)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3407
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2820-1
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/dpkg-deb/extract.c?id=e65aa3db04eb908c9507d5d356a95cedb890814d
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/30-Stack-overflows-and-out-of-bounds-read-in-dpkg-Debian.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798324
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-07

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189

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