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CVE-2018-1000879 Details

Description

libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (release v3.3.0 onwards) contains a CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in ACL parser - libarchive/archive_acl.c, archive_acl_from_text_l() that can result in Crash/DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted archive file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00055.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/+bug/1794909 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105/commits/15bf44fd2c1ad0e3fd87048b3fcc90c4dcff1175 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBOCC2M6YGPZA6US43YK4INPSJZZHRTG/ CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
libarchive libarchive
>= 3.3.0, < 3.4.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora
28
29
30

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
opensuse leap
15.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

13 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-1000879
NVD Published Date:
Dec 20, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-1000879 Details - Not Deferred