CVE-2018-1000880

MEDIUM

libarchive 3.2.0-3.3.9 - Denial of Service in WARC Parser

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3859-1/
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/+bug/1794909
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106324
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00055.html

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0054
EPSS Percentile 67.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (8)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.10
fedoraproject/fedora 29
fedoraproject/fedora 30
libarchive/libarchive 3.2.0 - 3.4.0
opensuse/leap 15.0
Published Dec 20, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026