{"id":"USN-2820-1","summary":"dpkg vulnerability","details":"Hanno Boeck discovered that the dpkg-deb tool incorrectly handled certain\nold style Debian binary packages. If a user or an automated system were\ntricked into unpacking a specially crafted binary package, a remote\nattacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:56Z","published":"2015-11-26T18:32:16Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0860"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-0860","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0860"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2820-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0860"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dpkg","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/dpkg@1.17.5ubuntu5.5?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.17.5ubuntu5.5"}]}],"versions":["1.16.12ubuntu1","1.17.1ubuntu1","1.17.5ubuntu1","1.17.5ubuntu2","1.17.5ubuntu3","1.17.5ubuntu4","1.17.5ubuntu5","1.17.5ubuntu5.1","1.17.5ubuntu5.2","1.17.5ubuntu5.3","1.17.5ubuntu5.4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"dpkg","binary_version":"1.17.5ubuntu5.5"},{"binary_name":"dpkg-dev","binary_version":"1.17.5ubuntu5.5"},{"binary_name":"dselect","binary_version":"1.17.5ubuntu5.5"},{"binary_name":"libdpkg-dev","binary_version":"1.17.5ubuntu5.5"},{"binary_name":"libdpkg-perl","binary_version":"1.17.5ubuntu5.5"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2820-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2015-0860"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}