UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0860

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0860

    Published: 26 Nov 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-0860
    Aliases:
    USN-2820-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0860, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2820-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0860

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dpkg

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.17.5ubuntu5.5

    Affected versions

    1.16.12ubuntu1

    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