Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libarchive13 package, versions <3.4.2-150200.4.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.63% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-LIBARCHIVE13-3311964
  • published7 Feb 2023
  • disclosed31 Jan 2023

Introduced: 31 Jan 2023

CVE-2017-5601  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 libarchive13 to version 3.4.2-150200.4.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libarchive13 package and not the libarchive13 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

An error in the lha_read_file_header_1() function (archive_read_support_format_lha.c) in libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds read memory access and subsequently cause a crash via a specially crafted archive.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1