Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libarchive-devel package, versions <0:3.1.2-12.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (75th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-LIBARCHIVEDEVEL-1674870
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed17 Sept 2017

Introduced: 17 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14503  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 libarchive-devel to version 0:3.1.2-12.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1325.

NVD Description

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

libarchive 3.3.2 suffers from an out-of-bounds read within lha_read_data_none() in archive_read_support_format_lha.c when extracting a specially crafted lha archive, related to lha_crc16.