CVE-2020-9308

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-9308
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-20 07:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:26:00 UTC
Descriptionarchive_read_support_format_rar5.c in libarchive before 3.4.2 attempts to unpack a RAR5 file with an invalid or corrupted header (such as a header size of zero), leading to a SIGSEGV or possibly unspecified other impact.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.10 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Application Libarchive Libarchive All All All All
Application Libarchive Libarchive All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-4293-1: libarchive vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: libarchive-3.4.3-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: libarchive-3.4.3-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
RAR5 reader: reject files that declare invalid header flags by antekone · Pull Request #1326 · libarchive/libarchive · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: libarchive-3.4.3-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
20459 - oss-fuzz - OSS-Fuzz: Fuzzing the planet - Monorail MISC bugs.chromium.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-28) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
RAR5 reader: reject files that declare invalid header flags by antekone · Pull Request #1326 · libarchive/libarchive · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: libarchive-3.4.3-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296075 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 21.69.0 Missing (CPUAPR2020)
  • 500285 Alpine Linux Security Update for libarchive
  • 504050 Alpine Linux Security Update for libarchive
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