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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-1000878: Moderate: libarchive security update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-1000878: 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-416: Use After Free vulnerability in RAR decoder - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_rar.c that can result in Crash/DoS - it is unknown if RCE is possible. 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

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