CVE-2018-1000877

HIGH

libarchive <v3.1.0 - Double Free

Title source: llm

Description

libarchive version commit 416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc onwards (release v3.1.0 onwards) contains a CWE-415: Double Free vulnerability in RAR decoder - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_rar.c, parse_codes(), realloc(rar->lzss.window, new_size) with new_size = 0 that can result in Crash/DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted RAR archive.

References (15)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00055.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00012.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00015.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106324

[Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2298

[Vendor Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3698

[Third Party Advisory] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/+bug/1794909

[Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105/commits/021efa522ad729ff0f5806c4ce53e4a6cc1daa31

[Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00011.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/3859-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBOCC2M6YGPZA6US43YK4INPSJZZHRTG/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W645KCLWFDBDGFJHG57WOVXGE62QSIJI/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVXA7PHINVT6DFF6PRLTDTVTXKDLVHNF/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0177

EPSS Percentile 82.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-415

Status published

Affected Products (13)

libarchive/libarchive < 3.4.0

debian/debian_linux

debian/debian_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

fedoraproject/fedora

fedoraproject/fedora

fedoraproject/fedora

redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop

redhat/enterprise_linux_server

redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation

Timeline

Published Dec 20, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026