MGASA-2015-0482

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    MGASA-2015-0482

    Published: 23 Dec 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-0860

    Summary: Updated dpkg packages fix CVE-2015-0860

    Details: Updated dpkg packages fix security vulnerability: Hanno Boeck discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the dpkg-deb component of dpkg. This flaw could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution if a user or an automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted Debian binary package (.deb) in the old style Debian binary package format (CVE-2015-0860).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0482.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17239, https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3407

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dpkg

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/dpkg?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.17.26-1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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