Out-of-Bounds Affecting libarchive package, versions <3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.98% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-LIBARCHIVE-328068
  • published20 Dec 2018
  • disclosed20 Dec 2018

Introduced: 20 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-1000880  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 libarchive to version 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2 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:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

libarchive version commit 9693801580c0cf7c70e862d305270a16b52826a7 onwards (release v3.2.0 onwards) contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in WARC parser - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_warc.c, _warc_read() that can result in DoS - quasi-infinite run time and disk usage from tiny file. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted WARC file.

CVSS Scores

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