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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-1000877: Moderate: libarchive security update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-1000877: Moderate: libarchive security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/20/2018
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-bsdcat-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-bsdcpio
  • centos-upgrade-bsdcpio-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-bsdtar
  • centos-upgrade-bsdtar-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libarchive
  • centos-upgrade-libarchive-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libarchive-debugsource
  • centos-upgrade-libarchive-devel

References

  • 106324
  • DSA-4360
  • CVE-2018-1000877
  • RHSA-2019:2298
  • RHSA-2019:3698

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