Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:6140Denial Of Service (DoS) Through Heap Buffer Overflow
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
libarchive.so is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) through heap-based buffer overflow attacks. The vulnerability exists in atol10 and atol08 of libarchive/archive_read_support_format_xar.c where a heap-based buffer overflow can occur when processing a malicious xar archive.
References
blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/06/libarchive-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-xml_data-archive_read_support_format_xar-c/
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489852
github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fa7438a0ff4033e4741c807394a9af6207940d71
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11
usn.ubuntu.com/3736-1/
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360
Related
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P