Description
libarchive version commit 416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc onwards (release v3.1.0 onwards) contains a CWE-416: Use After Free vulnerability in RAR decoder - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_rar.c that can result in Crash/DoS - it is unknown if RCE is possible. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted RAR archive.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 8.8/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00055.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00015.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106324Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2298Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3698
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/+bug/1794909Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105/commits/bfcfe6f04ed20db2504db8a254d1f40a1d84eb28Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00011.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBOCC2M6YGPZA6US43YK4INPSJZZHRTG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W645KCLWFDBDGFJHG57WOVXGE62QSIJI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVXA7PHINVT6DFF6PRLTDTVTXKDLVHNF/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3859-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00055.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00015.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106324Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2298Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3698
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/+bug/1794909Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105/commits/bfcfe6f04ed20db2504db8a254d1f40a1d84eb28Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00011.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBOCC2M6YGPZA6US43YK4INPSJZZHRTG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W645KCLWFDBDGFJHG57WOVXGE62QSIJI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVXA7PHINVT6DFF6PRLTDTVTXKDLVHNF/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3859-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 20, 2018
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified