Medium severity · published Dec 20, 2018
CVE-2018-1000880
libarchive version commit 9693801580c0cf7c70e862d305270a16b52826a7 onwards (release v3.2.0 onwards) contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in WARC parser -…
6.5
CVSS
4.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
libarchive version commit 9693801580c0cf7c70e862d305270a16b52826a7 onwards (release v3.2.0 onwards) contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in WARC parser - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_warc.c, _warc_read() that can result in DoS - quasi-infinite run time and disk usage from tiny file. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted WARC file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.1% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
29; 30 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.0 · source: NVD
LI
Libarchive · Libarchive
3.2.0 before 3.4.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 18.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000880
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000880
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00055.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106324
Patch
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/+bug/1794909
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105
Patch
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105/commits/9c84b7426660c09c18cc349f6d70b5f8168b5680
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBOCC2M6YGPZA6US43YK4INPSJZZHRTG/
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