medium6.5
CVE-2017-14166
libarchive 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (xml_data heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted xar archive, r…
Impact
libarchive 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (xml_data heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted xar archive, related to the mishandling of empty strings in the atol8 function in archive_read_support_format_xar.c.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Libarchive | Libarchive | Version 3.3.2 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 8.0, 9.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 14.04, 16.04 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/06/libarchive-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-xml_data-archive_read_support_format_xar-c/
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fa7438a0ff4033e4741c807394a9af6207940d71
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3736-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/06/libarchive-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-xml_data-archive_read_support_format_xar-c/
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fa7438a0ff4033e4741c807394a9af6207940d71
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3736-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360