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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000880

libarchive version commit 9693801580c0cf7c70e862d305270a16b52826a7 onwards (release v3.2.0 onwards) contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulne...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

libarchive version commit 9693801580c0cf7c70e862d305270a16b52826a7 onwards (release v3.2.0 onwards) contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in WARC parser - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_warc.c, _warc_read() that can result in DoS - quasi-infinite run time and disk usage from tiny file. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted WARC 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