PT-2018-1954 · Gnu+2 · Gnu Libextractor+2

Published 2018-07-20 · Updated 2020-11-23 · CVE-2018-16430

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Libextractor versions prior to 1.8

Description The issue is related to an out-of-bounds read in the EXTRACTOR zip extract method() function, located in zip extractor.c. This could potentially allow a remote attacker to impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information.

Recommendations For GNU Libextractor versions prior to 1.8, consider updating to a version that includes a fix for the out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the EXTRACTOR zip extract method() function. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2714

BDU:2018-01561

CVE-2018-16430

DLA-1501-1

DSA-4290-1

USN-4641-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Gnu Libextractor

Ubuntu

References · 28

• 🔥 https://gnunet.org/bugs/view.php?id=5405 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17440 · Vendor Advisory
• https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=24c8d489797499c0331f4d1039e357ece1ae98a7 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4290 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15266 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15601 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01561 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15267 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4290-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15602 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14346 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16430 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4641-1 · Vendor Advisory