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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000879

libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (release v3.3.0 onwards) contains a CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference vulne...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 libarchive

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.3.3-2"}]}]

Debian:13 libarchive

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.3.3-2"}]}]

Debian:14 libarchive

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.3.3-2"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org