Stack-based buffer overflow in dpkg-deb/extract.c in dpkg before 1.16.17 and 1.17.x before 1.17.26 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted old-style Debian binary package.

Stack-based buffer overflow in dpkg-deb/extract.c in dpkg before 1.16.17 and 1.17.x before 1.17.26 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted old-style Debian binary package.

CVE-2015-0860 · HIGH Severity

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

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.

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