| Name | CVE-2018-1000878 |
| Description | libarchive version commit 416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc onwards (release v3.1.0 onwards) contains a CWE-416: Use After Free vulnerability in RAR decoder - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_rar.c that can result in Crash/DoS - it is unknown if RCE is possible. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted RAR archive. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1612-1, DSA-4360-1 |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
| Debian Bugs | 916963 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libarchive (PTS) | jessie | 3.1.2-11+deb8u3 | vulnerable |
| jessie (security) | 3.1.2-11+deb8u7 | fixed | |
| stretch (security), stretch | 3.2.2-2+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster | 3.3.3-4 | fixed | |
| bullseye, sid | 3.4.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libarchive | source | (unstable) | 3.3.3-2 | medium | 916963 | |
| libarchive | source | jessie | 3.1.2-11+deb8u6 | medium | DLA-1612-1 | |
| libarchive | source | stretch | 3.2.2-2+deb9u1 | medium | DSA-4360-1 |
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/+bug/1794909
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105
Introduced after: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc
Fixed by: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/bfcfe6f04ed20db2504db8a254d1f40a1d84eb28