CVE-2018-1000878 - Vulncode-DB

CVE-2018-1000878 (NVD)

2018-12-20

libarchive version commit 416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc onwards (release v3.1.0 onwards) contains a CWE-416: Use After Free vulnerability in RAR decoder - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_rar.c that can result in Crash/DoS - it is unknown if RCE is possible. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted RAR archive.

Products	Ubuntu_linux, Debian_linux, Fedora, Libarchive, Leap, Enterprise_linux_desktop, Enterprise_linux_server, Enterprise_linux_workstation
Type	Use After Free (CWE-416)
First patch	- None (likely due to unavailable code)
Patches	https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105/commits/bfcfe6f04ed20db2504db8a254d1f40a1d84eb28
Links	• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3859-1/ • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00055.html • https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360 • https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/+bug/1794909 • https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00011.html More/Less (9) • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00015.html • https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVXA7PHINVT6DFF6PRLTDTVTXKDLVHNF/ • https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W645KCLWFDBDGFJHG57WOVXGE62QSIJI/ • https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105 • https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2298 • https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBOCC2M6YGPZA6US43YK4INPSJZZHRTG/ • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00012.html • https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3698 • http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106324