CVE-2018-1000879
published 2018-12-20CVE-2018-1000879: libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (release v3.3.0 onwards) contains a CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability…
PriorityP429medium6.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
3.37%
87.4th percentile
libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (release v3.3.0 onwards) contains a CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in ACL parser - libarchive/archive_acl.c, archive_acl_from_text_l() that can result in Crash/DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted archive file.
Affected
10 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | libarchive | < libarchive 3.3.3-2 (bookworm) | libarchive 3.3.3-2 (bookworm) |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| libarchive | libarchive | >= 0 < 3.3.3-2 | 3.3.3-2 |
| libarchive | libarchive | >= 0 < 3.3.3-2 | 3.3.3-2 |
| libarchive | libarchive | >= 0 < 3.3.3-2 | 3.3.3-2 |
| libarchive | libarchive | >= 0 < 3.3.3-2 | 3.3.3-2 |
| libarchive | libarchive | >= 3.3.0 < 3.4.0 | 3.4.0 |
| opensuse | leap | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv6.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM
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Red Hat
libarchive: NULL pointer dereference in ACL parser resulting in a denial of service
vendor_redhat·2018-11-20·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-1000879 [MEDIUM] CWE-476 libarchive: NULL pointer dereference in ACL parser resulting in a denial of service
libarchive: NULL pointer dereference in ACL parser resulting in a denial of service
libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (release v3.3.0 onwards) contains a CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in ACL parser - libarchive/archive_acl.c, archive_acl_from_text_l() that can result in Crash/DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted archive file.
A vulnerability was found in libarchive, where a NULL pointer dereference in the archive_acl_from_text_l function in libarchive/archive_acl.c can lead to a denial of service, a remote attacker could exploit this flaw by persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, causing the application to crash.
Statement: This vulnerability is rated as low severi
Debian
CVE-2018-1000879: libarchive - libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (rele...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-1000879 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-1000879: libarchive - libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (rele...
libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (release v3.3.0 onwards) contains a CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in ACL parser - libarchive/archive_acl.c, archive_acl_from_text_l() that can result in Crash/DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted archive file.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 3.3.3-2)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 3.3.3-2)
forky: resolved (fixed in 3.3.3-2)
sid: resolved (fixed in 3.3.3-2)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 3.3.3-2)
GHSA
GHSA-7pgj-273w-w98j: libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (release v3
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-1000879 [MEDIUM] CWE-476 GHSA-7pgj-273w-w98j: libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (release v3
libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (release v3.3.0 onwards) contains a CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in ACL parser - libarchive/archive_acl.c, archive_acl_from_text_l() that can result in Crash/DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted archive file.
OSV
CVE-2018-1000879: libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (release v3
osv·2018-12-20·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-1000879 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-1000879: libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (release v3
libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (release v3.3.0 onwards) contains a CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in ACL parser - libarchive/archive_acl.c, archive_acl_from_text_l() that can result in Crash/DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted archive file.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-1000879 libarchive: NULL pointer dereference in ACL parser resulting in a denial of service
bugzilla·2019-01-07·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-1000879 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-1000879 libarchive: NULL pointer dereference in ACL parser resulting in a denial of service
CVE-2018-1000879 libarchive: NULL pointer dereference in ACL parser resulting in a denial of service
A NULL pointer dereference was found in libarchive in ACL parser. A crafted archive could cause the application to crash.
Upstream issue:
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105
Upstream patch:
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105/commits/021efa522ad729ff0f5806c4ce53e4a6cc1daa31
Discussion:
Created libarchive tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1663893]
Created libarchive3 tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: epel-6 [bug 1663895]
Created mingw-libarchive tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1663894]
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Statement:
This issue did not affect the versions of libarchive as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 an
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-1000877 CVE-2018-1000878 CVE-2018-1000879 CVE-2018-1000880 mingw-libarchive: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2019-01-07·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2018-1000877 [HIGH] CVE-2018-1000877 CVE-2018-1000878 CVE-2018-1000879 CVE-2018-1000880 mingw-libarchive: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-1000877 CVE-2018-1000878 CVE-2018-1000879 CVE-2018-1000880 mingw-libarchive: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-1000877 CVE-2018-1000878 CVE-2018-1000879 CVE-2018-1000880 libarchive3: various flaws [epel-6]
bugzilla·2019-01-07·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2018-1000877 [HIGH] CVE-2018-1000877 CVE-2018-1000878 CVE-2018-1000879 CVE-2018-1000880 libarchive3: various flaws [epel-6]
CVE-2018-1000877 CVE-2018-1000878 CVE-2018-1000879 CVE-2018-1000880 libarchive3: various flaws [epel-6]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-6.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
Discussion:
Use the following
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-1000877 CVE-2018-1000878 CVE-2018-1000879 CVE-2018-1000880 libarchive: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2019-01-07·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2018-1000877 [HIGH] CVE-2018-1000877 CVE-2018-1000878 CVE-2018-1000879 CVE-2018-1000880 libarchive: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-1000877 CVE-2018-1000878 CVE-2018-1000879 CVE-2018-1000880 libarchive: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affect
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00055.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106324https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/+bug/1794909https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105/commits/15bf44fd2c1ad0e3fd87048b3fcc90c4dcff1175https://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/http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00055.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106324https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/+bug/1794909https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105/commits/15bf44fd2c1ad0e3fd87048b3fcc90c4dcff1175https://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/
2018-12-20
Published