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.
Published: 2018-12-20
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4360-1 libarchive security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-2057 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3859-1 libarchive vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 23:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Libarchive Libarchive
Opensuse Leap
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:47:57.393Z

Reserved: 2018-12-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-1000880

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-12-20T17:29:01.300

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:40:34.317

Link: CVE-2018-1000880

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-1000880 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses