PT-2012-1165 · Libarchive · Libarchive

Published 2012-04-13 · Updated 2014-06-01 · CVE-2010-4666

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libarchive versions prior to 3.1.2-r1

Description The issue concerns multiple vulnerabilities in the libarchive package, which can be exploited remotely to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. A buffer overflow vulnerability is present in libarchive 3.0 pre-release code, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other unspecified impacts via a crafted CAB file. This occurs due to improper handling of Huffman code data within LZX compressed data.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.1.2-r1, update to version 3.1.2-r1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to libarchive until a patch is available. Avoid using libarchive to handle untrusted or crafted CAB files until the issue is resolved.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-09697

CVE-2010-4666

Affected Products

Libarchive

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4666 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09697 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4666 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-4666 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4666 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-02.xml · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705849 · Note
• http://code.google.com/p/libarchive/source/detail?r=2842 · Note