Memory leak in libarchive - #VU98564

 

Memory leak in libarchive - #VU98564

Published: October 15, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU98564
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak i narchive_read_support_format_tar.c. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.


Affected software

libarchive
Slackware Linux
libarchive

Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

libarchive - update to 3.7.7
libarchive - update to 3.7.7

External References

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