CVE-2018-1000879

NameCVE-2018-1000879
Descriptionlibarchive 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.
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Debian Bugs916962

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
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)3.3.3-4+deb10u3fixed
bullseye3.4.3-2+deb11u1fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm3.6.2-1+deb12u1fixed
trixie3.7.4-1fixed
sid3.7.4-1.1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libarchivesourcewheezy(not affected)
libarchivesourcejessie(not affected)
libarchivesourcestretch(not affected)
libarchivesource(unstable)3.3.3-2916962

Notes

[stretch] - libarchive <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[jessie] - libarchive <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/+bug/1794909
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105
Introduced in: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 (3.3.0)
Fixed by: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/15bf44fd2c1ad0e3fd87048b3fcc90c4dcff1175

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