CVE-2017-5601 — Out-of-bounds Read in Libarchive

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound14 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
LibarchiveDebian Libarchive
Timeline
PublishedJan 27
Latest updateMay 14

Description

An error in the lha_read_file_header_1() function (archive_read_support_format_lha.c) in libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds read memory access and subsequently cause a crash via a specially crafted archive.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/libarchive< libarchive 3.2.1-6 (bookworm)
▶Debianlibarchive/libarchive< 3.2.1-6+3
▶Ubuntulibarchive/libarchive< 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.4+1

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-7xm3-5xp5-q98v: An error in the lha_read_file_header_1() function (archive_read_support_format_lha↗2022-05-14
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OSV
libarchive vulnerabilities↗2017-03-09
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OSV
CVE-2017-5601: An error in the lha_read_file_header_1() function (archive_read_support_format_lha↗2017-01-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
libarchive vulnerabilities↗2017-03-09
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Red Hat
libarchive: Out of bounds read in lha_read_file_header_1() function↗2017-01-27
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Debian
CVE-2017-5601: libarchive - An error in the lha_read_file_header_1() function (archive_read_support_format_l...↗2017
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💬Community

7
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5601 libarchive: Out of bounds read in lha_read_file_header_1() function [epel-6]↗2017-01-31
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5601 python-libarchive: libarchive: Out of bounds read in lha_read_file_header_1() function [fedora-all]↗2017-01-31
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5601 libarchive: Out of bounds read in lha_read_file_header_1() function [fedora-all]↗2017-01-31
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5601 libarchive: Out of bounds read in lha_read_file_header_1() function [epel-5]↗2017-01-31
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5601 python-libarchive: libarchive: Out of bounds read in lha_read_file_header_1() function [epel-7]↗2017-01-31
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