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CVE-2019-1000020
published 2019-02-04

CVE-2019-1000020: libarchive version commit 5a98dcf8a86364b3c2c469c85b93647dfb139961 onwards (version v2.8.0 onwards) contains a CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition…

PriorityP431medium6.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
3.20%
86.8th percentile
libarchive version commit 5a98dcf8a86364b3c2c469c85b93647dfb139961 onwards (version v2.8.0 onwards) contains a CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') vulnerability in ISO9660 parser, archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c, read_CE()/parse_rockridge() that can result in DoS by infinite loop. This attack appears to be exploitable via the victim opening a specially crafted ISO9660 file.

Affected

19 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
debiandebian_linux
debianlibarchive< libarchive 3.3.3-4 (bookworm)libarchive 3.3.3-4 (bookworm)
fedoraprojectfedora
libarchivelibarchive>= 0 < 3.3.3-43.3.3-4
libarchivelibarchive>= 0 < 3.3.3-43.3.3-4
libarchivelibarchive>= 0 < 3.3.3-43.3.3-4
libarchivelibarchive>= 0 < 3.3.3-43.3.3-4
libarchivelibarchive>= 0 < 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.83.1.2-7ubuntu2.8
libarchivelibarchive>= 0 < 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.63.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.6
libarchivelibarchive>= 0 < 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.33.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.3
libarchivelibarchive>= 2.8.0 < 3.4.03.4.0
opensuseleap
redhatenterprise_linux_desktop
redhatenterprise_linux_server
redhatenterprise_linux_workstation

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_debian6.5LOW
vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu6.5MEDIUM
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