UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000880

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000880
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000880.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000880
Related
Published
2018-12-20T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:51Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

libarchive version commit 9693801580c0cf7c70e862d305270a16b52826a7 onwards (release v3.2.0 onwards) contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in WARC parser - libarchive/archivereadsupportformatwarc.c, warcread() that can result in DoS - quasi-infinite run time and disk usage from tiny file. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted WARC file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libarchive

Package

Name
libarchive
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libarchive@3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2

Affected versions

3.*

3.2.2-3.1
3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "bsdcpio",
            "binary_version": "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bsdtar",
            "binary_version": "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-tools",
            "binary_version": "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-tools-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive13",
            "binary_version": "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive13-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2"
        }
    ]
}