SB2013100106 - Input validation error in libarchive
Published: October 1, 2013 Updated: August 4, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013100106
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0211)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Integer signedness error in the archive_write_zip_data function in archive_write_set_format_zip.c in libarchive 3.1.2 and earlier, when running on 64-bit machines, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors, which triggers an improper conversion between unsigned and signed types, leading to a buffer overflow.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101687.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101700.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101872.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101876.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00065.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:147
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58926
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035995
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2549-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=902998
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/22531545514043e04633e1c015c7540b9de9dbe4
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:23.libarchive.asc