Use After Free Affecting libarchive package, versions <3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.04% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-LIBARCHIVE-474587
  • published25 Oct 2019
  • disclosed24 Oct 2019

Introduced: 24 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-18408  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 libarchive to version 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libarchive package and not the libarchive package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

archive_read_format_rar_read_data in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.4.0 has a use-after-free in a certain ARCHIVE_FAILED situation, related to Ppmd7_DecodeSymbol.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1