openEuler 24.03 LTS update for libarchive



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-43495
CWE-ID CWE-190
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
openEuler
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

libarchive-help
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

libarchive-devel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

libarchive-debugsource
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

libarchive-debuginfo
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

bsdunzip
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

bsdtar
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

bsdcpio
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

bsdcat
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

libarchive
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor openEuler

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Integer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU97065

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-43495

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in Windows libarchive. A remote user can trick a victim to open a specially crafted RAR file, trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

openEuler: 24.03 LTS

libarchive-help: before 3.7.1-4

libarchive-devel: before 3.7.1-4

libarchive-debugsource: before 3.7.1-4

libarchive-debuginfo: before 3.7.1-4

bsdunzip: before 3.7.1-4

bsdtar: before 3.7.1-4

bsdcpio: before 3.7.1-4

bsdcat: before 3.7.1-4

libarchive: before 3.7.1-4

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2024-2170


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



###SIDEBAR###