PT-2016-3285 · Libarchive+2 · Libarchive+2

Fumfel · Published 2016-12-12 · Updated 2019-11-28 · CVE-2016-10209

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libarchive version 3.2.2

Description The issue is related to the archive wstring append from mbs function in archive string.c, which can cause a denial of service due to a NULL pointer dereference and application crash when processing a crafted archive file. This can be exploited by remote attackers to disrupt service.

Recommendations For libarchive version 3.2.2, consider disabling the archive wstring append from mbs function until a patch is available to prevent potential exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-00934

CVE-2016-10209

DLA-1006-1

DLA-1600-1

DSA-4360-1

MGASA-2017-0132

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3717-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3640-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3640-2

SUSE-SU-2018_3640-1

SUSE-SU-2018_3640-2

SUSE-SU-2019:3092-1

SUSE-SU-2019_3092-1

USN-3736-1

Affected Products

Suse

Ubuntu

Libarchive

References · 57

• 🔥 https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/842 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10209%20https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/842 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:3640-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10209 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10209 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10209 · Security Note
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3736-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14503 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4360-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10209 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10209 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10350 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-00934 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14166 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3736-1 · Vendor Advisory