Moderate: libarchive security update

2022-07-0100:00:00

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osv.dev

libarchive

security update

out-of-bounds read

zipx_lzma_alone_init

cve-2022-26280

CVSS2

5.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS3

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

54.0%

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The libarchive programming library can create and read several different
streaming archive formats, including GNU tar, cpio, and ISO 9660 CD-ROM images.
Libarchive is used notably in the bsdtar utility, scripting language bindings
such as python-libarchive, and several popular desktop file managers.
Security Fix(es):

libarchive: an out-of-bounds read via the component zipx_lzma_alone_init
(CVE-2022-26280)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s)
listed in the References section.