UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9261

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9261

    Published: 26 Jul 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-9261
    Aliases:
    USN-3935-1

    Summary:

    Details: huft_build in archival/libarchive/decompress_gunzip.c in BusyBox before 1.27.2 misuses a pointer, causing segfaults and an application crash during an unzip operation on a specially crafted ZIP file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-9261, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/25/3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3935-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-9261

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: busybox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/busybox@1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4

    Affected versions

    1:1.20.0-8.1ubuntu1
    1:1.20.0-9ubuntu1
    1:1.20.0-9ubuntu2

    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