Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libarchive13 package, versions <3.5.1-150400.3.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.5% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-LIBARCHIVE13-2855316
  • published3 Jun 2022
  • disclosed2 Jun 2022

Introduced: 2 Jun 2022

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 libarchive13 to version 3.5.1-150400.3.3.1 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:15.4 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 Base Scores

version 3.1