Risk | Low |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 7 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2016-10209 CVE-2016-10349 CVE-2016-10350 CVE-2017-14166 CVE-2017-14501 CVE-2017-14502 CVE-2017-14503 |
CWE-ID | CWE-476 CWE-125 CWE-193 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
libarchive Client/Desktop applications / Software for archiving |
Vendor | libarchive |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 7 vulnerabilities.
EUVDB-ID: #VU15950
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10209
CWE-ID:
CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in archive_string.c in libarchive allows remote attackers to trigger NULL pointer dereference and application crash via a specially crafted archive file.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionslibarchive: 3.2.2
External linkshttp://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/842
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.
EUVDB-ID: #VU15951
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10349
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the archive_le32dec function in archive_endian.h in libarchive. A remote attacker can trigger heap-based buffer over-read and application crash via a specially crafted file.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionslibarchive: 3.2.2
External linkshttp://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/834
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.
EUVDB-ID: #VU15953
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10350
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in The archive_read_format_cab_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_cab.c in libarchive 3.2.2. A remote attacker can trigger heap-based buffer over-read and application crash via a specially crafted file.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionslibarchive: 3.2.2
External linkshttp://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/835
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.
EUVDB-ID: #VU15952
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14166
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in libarchive 3.3.2. A remote attacker can trigger xml_data heap-based buffer over-read and application crash via a specially crafted xar archive, related to the mishandling of empty strings in the atol8 function in archive_read_support_format_xar.c.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionslibarchive: 3.3.2
External linkshttp://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fa7438a0ff4033e4741c807394a9af6207940d71
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.
EUVDB-ID: #VU15818
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14501
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds read condition in the parse_file_info function, as defined in the archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c source code file when extracting ISO 9660 files. A remote attacker can trick the victim into extracting an ISO 9660 file that submits malicious input and cause the service to crash.
MitigationUpdate to version 3.3.3.
Vulnerable software versionslibarchive: 3.3.2
External linkshttp://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/949
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.
EUVDB-ID: #VU15954
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 3.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14502
CWE-ID:
CWE-193 - Off-by-one Error
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to off-by-one error for UTF-16 names in RAR archives. A remote attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds read in archive_read_format_rar_read_header and cause the service to crash.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionslibarchive: 3.3.2
External linkshttp://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/5562545b5562f6d12a4ef991fae158bf4ccf92b6
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.
EUVDB-ID: #VU15955
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 3.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14503
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds read within lha_read_data_none() in archive_read_support_format_lha.c when extracting a specially crafted lha archive. A remote attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds read, related to lha_crc16 and cause the service to crash.
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionslibarchive: 3.3.2
External linkshttp://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/948
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.