Vulnerability CVE-2018-1000880
Published: 2018-12-20

Description:
libarchive version commit 9693801580c0cf7c70e862d305270a16b52826a7 onwards (release v3.2.0 onwards) contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in WARC parser - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_warc.c, _warc_read() that can result in DoS - quasi-infinite run time and disk usage from tiny file. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted WARC file.

Type:

CWE-415

 (Double Free)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Libarchive -> Libarchive 
Fedoraproject -> Fedora 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00055.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106324
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/+bug/1794909
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105/commits/9c84b7426660c09c18cc349f6d70b5f8168b5680
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBOCC2M6YGPZA6US43YK4INPSJZZHRTG/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W645KCLWFDBDGFJHG57WOVXGE62QSIJI/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVXA7PHINVT6DFF6PRLTDTVTXKDLVHNF/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3859-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360
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