Denial of Service Vulnerability in libarchive's process_extra Function

CVE-2015-8923 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The process_extra function in libarchive before 3.2.0 uses the size field and a signed number in an offset, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted zip file.

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