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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-1000019: libarchive: Out of bounds read in archive_read_support_format_7zip.c resulting in a denial of service

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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-1000019: libarchive: Out of bounds read in archive_read_support_format_7zip.c resulting in a denial of service

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/04/2019
Created
12/30/2020
Added
12/29/2020
Modified
05/10/2023

Description

libarchive version commit bf9aec176c6748f0ee7a678c5f9f9555b9a757c1 onwards (release v3.0.2 onwards) contains a CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in 7zip decompression, archive_read_support_format_7zip.c, header_bytes() that can result in a crash (denial of service). This attack appears to be exploitable via the victim opening a specially crafted 7zip file.

Solution(s)

  • linuxrpm-upgrade-redhat-coreos

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