Use After Free Affecting bsdcpio package, versions <0:3.1.2-14.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.04% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-BSDCPIO-1677958
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed24 Oct 2019

Introduced: 24 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-18408  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 bsdcpio to version 0:3.1.2-14.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1391.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bsdcpio package and not the bsdcpio package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

archive_read_format_rar_read_data in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.4.0 has a use-after-free in a certain ARCHIVE_FAILED situation, related to Ppmd7_DecodeSymbol.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1