Buffer overflow in libarchive

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU44134

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4666

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

libarchive: 3.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://code.google.com/p/libarchive/source/detail?r=2842
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705849

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to open a a specially crafted archive.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.