CVE-2018-1000877

libarchive: Double free in RAR decoder resulting in a denial of service

Published Dec 20, 2018 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS 4.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
libarchive version commit 416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc onwards (release v3.1.0 onwards) contains a CWE-415: Double Free vulnerability in RAR decoder - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_rar.c, parse_codes(), realloc(rar->lzss.window, new_size) with new_size = 0 that can result in Crash/DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted RAR archive.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1612-1 libarchive security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4360-1 libarchive security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-2054 libarchive version commit 416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc onwards (release v3.1.0 onwards) contains a CWE-415: Double Free vulnerability in RAR decoder - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_rar.c, parse_codes(), realloc(rar->lzss.window, new_size) with new_size = 0 that can result in Crash/DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted RAR archive.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3859-1 libarchive vulnerabilities
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