CVE-2018-1000880
MEDIUMlibarchive 3.2.0-3.3.9 - Denial of Service in WARC Parser
Title source: llmDescription
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
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105/commits/9c84b7426660c09c18cc349f6d70b5f8168b5680
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_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVXA7PHINVT6DFF6PRLTDTVTXKDLVHNF/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W645KCLWFDBDGFJHG57WOVXGE62QSIJI/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBOCC2M6YGPZA6US43YK4INPSJZZHRTG/
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