CVE-2024-57970 — Buffer Over-read in Libarchive

CWE-126 — Buffer Over-read6 documents6 sources
Severity
4.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.58%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
LibarchiveDebian LibarchiveMsrc Azl3 Cmake 3.30.3-6 ON Azure Linux 3.0+3 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 16

Description

libarchive through 3.7.7 has a heap-based buffer over-read in header_gnu_longlink in archive_read_support_format_tar.c via a TAR archive because it mishandles truncation in the middle of a GNU long linkname.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 2.5 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages7 packages

▶Alpinelibarchive/libarchive< 3.7.9-r0+5
▶CVEListV5libarchive/libarchive3.7.7

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2024-57970: libarchive through 3↗2025-02-16
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GHSA
GHSA-2q66-6w43-8rm9: libarchive through 3↗2025-02-16
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
libarchive: heap buffer over-read in header_gnu_longlink↗2025-02-16
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Microsoft
libarchive through 3.7.7 has a heap-based buffer over-read in header_gnu_longlink in archive_read_support_format_tar.c via a TAR archive because it mishandles truncation in the middle of a GNU long li↗2025-02-11
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Debian
CVE-2024-57970: libarchive - libarchive through 3.7.7 has a heap-based buffer over-read in header_gnu_longlin...↗2024
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