CVE-2015-8932: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The compress_bidder_init function in archive_read_support_filter_compress.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted tar file, which triggers an invalid left shift.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 15.10 only; version 16.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only
• Libarchive Libarchive: up to and including 3.1.901a
• Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: version 12 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Server: version 12 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: version 12 only

Published 2016-09-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.