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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2018-1000878

CVE-2018-1000878

HIGH8.8

libarchive version commit 416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc onwards (release v3

Published Dec 20, 2018

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00055.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00012.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00015.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106324

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2298

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3698

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/+bug/1794909

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105/commits/bfcfe6f04ed20db2504db8a254d1f40a1d84eb28

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00011.html

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBOCC2M6YGPZA6US43YK4INPSJZZHRTG/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W645KCLWFDBDGFJHG57WOVXGE62QSIJI/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVXA7PHINVT6DFF6PRLTDTVTXKDLVHNF/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3859-1/

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000878

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

8.8

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

8.8/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedDec 20, 2018

ModifiedAug 5, 2024

CVE-2018-1000878 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence