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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2015-8934: Vulnerability in Libarchive

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2015-8934: Vulnerability in Libarchive

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/20/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/29/2017
Modified
02/17/2022

Description

The copy_from_lzss_window function in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive 3.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a crafted rar file.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-library-libarchive-3-2-1-0-175-3-11-0-1-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-entire-11-4-11-4-0-0-1-15-0

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