CVE-2015-0860 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2015-0860

Off-by-one error in the extracthalf function in dpkg-deb/extract.c in the...

Vulnerability 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 Analysis

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Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

ubuntu linux, dpkg
Vulnerable Versions:
12.04, 14.04, 15.04, 15.10, 1.16.0, 1.16.0.1, 1.16.0.2, 1.16.0.3, 1.16.1, 1.16.1.1, 1.16.1.2, 1.16.2, 1.16.3, 1.16.4, 1.16.4.1, 1.16.4.2, 1.16.4.3, 1.16.5, 1.16.6, 1.16.7, 1.16.8, 1.16.9, 1.16.10, 1.16.11, 1.16.12, 1.16.15, 1.17.0, 1.17.1, 1.17.2, 1.17.3, 1.17.4, 1.17.5, 1.17.6, 1.17.7, 1.17.8, 1.17.9, 1.17.10, 1.17.11, 1.17.12, 1.17.13, 1.17.14, 1.17.15, 1.17.16, 1.17.17, 1.17.18, 1.17.19, 1.17.20, 1.17.21, 1.17.22, 1.17.23, 1.17.24, 1.17.25

Timeline

Official Publish: December 3rd, 2015
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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