| Name | CVE-2018-1000879 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 916962 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libarchive (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.1.2-11+deb8u12 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 3.2.2-2+deb9u3 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 3.2.2-2+deb9u5 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 3.3.3-4+deb10u4 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 3.3.3-4+deb10u3 | fixed |
| bullseye | 3.4.3-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 3.4.3-2+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.6.2-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 3.6.2-1+deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.7.4-1.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
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