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Double Free Affecting libarchive package, versions <0:3.3.2-7.el8

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.84% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-LIBARCHIVE-2543145
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 20 Dec 2018
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Introduced: 20 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-1000877 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-415 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 libarchive to version 0:3.3.2-7.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-3698.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libarchive package and not the libarchive package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

libarchive version commit 416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc onwards (release v3.1.0 onwards) contains a CWE-415: Double Free vulnerability in RAR decoder - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_rar.c, parse_codes(), realloc(rar->lzss.window, new_size) with new_size = 0 that can result in Crash/DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted RAR archive.

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CVSS Scores

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NVD

8.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High