CVE-2018-1000877

Publication date 20 December 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

libarchive version commit 416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc onwards (release v3.1.0 onwards) contains a CWE-415: Double Free vulnerability in RAR decoder - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_rar.c, parse_codes(), realloc(rar->lzss.window, new_size) with new_size = 0 that can result in Crash/DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted RAR archive.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libarchive 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 3.2.2-5ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.5
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.7

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libarchive

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H