CVE-2017-5601

Summary

CVECVE-2017-5601
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-27 22:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-11-30 11:29:00 UTC
DescriptionAn error in the lha_read_file_header_1() function (archive_read_support_format_lha.c) in libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds read memory access and subsequently cause a crash via a specially crafted archive.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libarchive Libarchive 3.2.2 All All All
Application Libarchive Libarchive 3.2.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
libarchive 'lha_read_file_header_1()' Function Memory Corruption Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
libarchive Out-of-Bounds Memory Read Error in lha_read_file_header_1() Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Service to Crash - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Computer Security Research - Secunia MISC secunia.com
Fail with negative lha->compsize in lha_read_file_header_1() · libarchive/libarchive@98dcbbf · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1600-1] libarchive security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 751928 OpenSUSE Security Update for libarchive (openSUSE-SU-2022:0944-1)
  • 752017 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libarchive (SUSE-SU-2022:0944-1)
  • 752203 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libarchive (SUSE-SU-2022:1930-1)
  • 753607 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libarchive (SUSE-SU-2022:0944-2)
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