CVE-2019-1000020

MEDIUM

libarchive v2.8.0+ - Infinite Loop

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

libarchive version commit 5a98dcf8a86364b3c2c469c85b93647dfb139961 onwards (version v2.8.0 onwards) contains a CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') vulnerability in ISO9660 parser, archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c, read_CE()/parse_rockridge() that can result in DoS by infinite loop. This attack appears to be exploitable via the victim opening a specially crafted ISO9660 file.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1120
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3884-1/
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00013.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00055.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2298
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3698

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0142
EPSS Percentile 80.7%
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-835
Status published
Products (11)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.10
debian/debian_linux 8.0
fedoraproject/fedora 29
libarchive/libarchive 2.8.0 - 3.4.0
opensuse/leap 15.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
... and 1 more
Published Feb 04, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026