PT-2017-1000 · Libarchive+2 · Libarchive+2

Jakub Wilk · Published 2017-02-08 · Updated 2021-08-17 · CVE-2017-14502

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libarchive version 3.3.2

Description The issue is related to an off-by-one error in the read header function for UTF-16 names in RAR archives, leading to an out-of-bounds read. This could allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to information.

Recommendations For version 3.3.2, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current version suffers from an off-by-one error for UTF-16 names in RAR archives. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-193

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALEA-2021:1580

BDU:2019-00929

CVE-2017-14502

DLA-1600-1

DSA-4360-1

MGASA-2019-0030

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3690-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3717-1

SUSE-RU-2021:2757-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3571-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3640-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3640-2

SUSE-SU-2019:3092-1

USN-3859-1

Affected Products

Suse

Ubuntu

Libarchive

References · 66

• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3859-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-RU-2021:2757-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-14502 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14502 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:3640-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:3571-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3859-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14502 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1600-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:3640-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14502 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000878 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3859-1 · Vendor Advisory