CVE-2017-14502

NameCVE-2017-14502
Descriptionread_header in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive 3.3.2 suffers from an off-by-one error for UTF-16 names in RAR archives, leading to an out-of-bounds read in archive_read_format_rar_read_header.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1600-1, DSA-4360-1, ELA-62-1
Debian Bugs875974

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libarchive (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)3.1.2-11+deb8u11fixed
stretch (security)3.2.2-2+deb9u3fixed
stretch (lts), stretch3.2.2-2+deb9u4fixed
buster3.3.3-4+deb10u1fixed
buster (security)3.3.3-4+deb10u3fixed
bullseye3.4.3-2+deb11u1fixed
bookworm3.6.2-1fixed
sid, trixie3.7.2-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libarchivesourcewheezy3.0.4-3+wheezy6+deb7u2ELA-62-1
libarchivesourcejessie3.1.2-11+deb8u4DLA-1600-1
libarchivesourcestretch3.2.2-2+deb9u1DSA-4360-1
libarchivesource(unstable)3.2.2-4.1875974

Notes

[wheezy] - libarchive <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/5562545b5562f6d12a4ef991fae158bf4ccf92b6
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=573

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