vulnerability
Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-19221: libarchive: out-of-bounds read in archive_wstring_append_from_mbs in archive_string.c
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Nov 21, 2019 | Mar 12, 2021 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 21, 2019
Added
Mar 12, 2021
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
In Libarchive 3.4.0, archive_wstring_append_from_mbs in archive_string.c has an out-of-bounds read because of an incorrect mbrtowc or mbtowc call. For example, bsdtar crashes via a crafted archive.
Solution
linuxrpm-upgrade-redhat-coreos
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