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Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libarchive package, versions <0:3.3.3-1.el8

medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.35% (72nd percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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SUSE
4 medium
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-LIBARCHIVE-1936785
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 16 Sep 2017
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Introduced: 16 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14501 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-125 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 libarchive to version 0:3.3.3-1.el8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libarchive package and not the libarchive package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An out-of-bounds read flaw exists in parse_file_info in archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c in libarchive 3.3.2 when extracting a specially crafted iso9660 iso file, related to archive_read_format_iso9660_read_header.