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CVE-2018-1000879

CVE-2018-1000879MEDIUM

n/a n/a — libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (release v3.3.0 onwards) contains a CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dere…

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   R  U  N  N  H    6.5   .0337   88.6     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Dec 13  Reserved by mitre
  Dec 20  Published (CNA: mitre)
  Oct 8   ENRICHED — CVE-2018-1000879. Received CVSS 6.5 and CPE data from NVD.

CWE-476 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 8 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (release v3.3.0 onwards) contains a CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in ACL parser - libarchive/archive_acl.c, archive_acl_from_text_l() that can result in Crash/DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted archive file.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
December 13, 2018	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
December 20, 2018	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
October 8, 2026	ENRICHED	ENRICHED — CVE-2018-1000879. Received CVSS 6.5 and CPE data from NVD.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-476

References (8)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00055.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106324 [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/+bug/1794909 [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105 [Third Party Advisory]
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105/commits/15bf44fd2c1ad0e3fd87048b3fcc90c4dcff1175 [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBOCC2M6YGPZA6US43YK4INPSJZZHRTG/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W645KCLWFDBDGFJHG57WOVXGE62QSIJI/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVXA7PHINVT6DFF6PRLTDTVTXKDLVHNF/

Authoritative record: CVE-2018-1000879 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-476

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