CVE-2015-0860

Publication date 26 November 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
dpkg	15.10 wily	Fixed 1.18.2ubuntu5.1
	15.04 vivid	Fixed 1.17.25ubuntu1.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.17.5ubuntu5.5
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.16.1.2ubuntu7.7

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References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2820-1
dpkg vulnerability
26 November 2015

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0860