CVE-2017-14503

Publication date 17 September 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

libarchive 3.3.2 suffers from an out-of-bounds read within lha_read_data_none() in archive_read_support_format_lha.c when extracting a specially crafted lha archive, related to lha_crc16.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libarchive 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.1
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.4
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.6

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libarchive

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3736-1
    • libarchive vulnerabilities
    • 13 August 2018

Other references