Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libarchive package, versions [,3.7.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.06% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBARCHIVE-7230796
  • published 9 Jun 2024
  • disclosed 8 Jun 2024
  • credit Tobias Stoeckmann

How to fix?

Upgrade libarchive to version 3.7.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read due to the slurp_central_directory process. An attacker can access sensitive information or cause a crash by exploiting the handling of ZIP archives with empty-name files when mac-ext is enabled.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

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

9.1 critical
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Red Hat

8.8 high