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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2015-12-03T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:26:11.051Z

Reserved: 2015-01-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-0860

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-12-03T20:59:01.847

Modified: 2017-07-01T01:29:13.157

Link: CVE-2015-0860

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