| Name | CVE-2010-4666 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in libarchive 3.0 pre-release code allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted CAB file, which is not properly handled during the reading of Huffman code data within LZX compressed data. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 669197 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libarchive (PTS) | buster | 3.3.3-4+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 3.3.3-4+deb10u3 | fixed |
| bullseye | 3.4.3-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.6.2-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 3.7.2-1 | fixed |
| sid | 3.7.2-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libarchive | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| libarchive | source | (unstable) | 3.0.4-2 | | | 669197 |
Notes
[squeeze] - libarchive <not-affected> (no cab support prior to 3.0)
http://code.google.com/p/libarchive/source/detail?r=488ef3fb28c416285ebe4c00266268db7330466b
Might be fixed earlier than 3.0.4-2, but was tested against the Wheezy version