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libarchive vulnerabilities

2016-07-1400:00:00
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7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.3 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

0.075 Low

EPSS

Percentile

94.1%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
  • Ubuntu 15.10
  • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
  • Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

  • libarchive - Library to read/write archive files

Details

Hanno Böck discovered that libarchive contained multiple security issues
when processing certain malformed archive files. A remote attacker could
use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-8916, CVE-2015-8917
CVE-2015-8919, CVE-2015-8920, CVE-2015-8921, CVE-2015-8922, CVE-2015-8923,
CVE-2015-8924, CVE-2015-8925, CVE-2015-8926, CVE-2015-8928, CVE-2015-8930,
CVE-2015-8931, CVE-2015-8932, CVE-2015-8933, CVE-2015-8934, CVE-2016-5844)

Marcin “Icewall” Noga discovered that libarchive contained multiple
security issues when processing certain malformed archive files. A remote
attacker could use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-4300,
CVE-2016-4302)

It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled memory allocation
with large cpio symlinks. A remote attacker could use this issue to
possibly cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2016-4809)

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu16.04noarchlibarchive13< 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchbsdcpio< 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchbsdcpio-dbgsym< 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchbsdtar< 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchbsdtar-dbgsym< 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlibarchive-dev< 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlibarchive13-dbgsym< 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu15.10noarchlibarchive13< 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.15.10.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu15.10noarchbsdcpio< 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.15.10.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu15.10noarchbsdcpio-dbgsym< 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.15.10.2UNKNOWN
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7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.3 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

0.075 Low

EPSS

Percentile

94.1%