Out-of-bounds Read Affecting bsdtar package, versions <0:3.1.2-12.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-BSDTAR-2145272
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed16 Sept 2017

Introduced: 16 Sep 2017

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 bsdtar to version 0:3.1.2-12.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bsdtar package and not the bsdtar package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 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.