MGASA-2019-0074 - Updated libarchive packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 13 Feb 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0074.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2019-1000019,
     CVE-2019-1000020

libarchive contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in 7zip
decompression, archive_read_support_format_7zip.c, header_bytes() that can
result in a crash (denial of service). This attack appears to be
exploitable via the victim opening a specially crafted 7zip file
(CVE-2019-1000019).

libarchive contains an infinite loop vulnerability in the ISO9660 parser,
archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c, read_CE()/parse_rockridge() that
can result in DoS by infinite loop. This attack appears to be exploitable
via the victim opening a specially crafted ISO9660 file (CVE-2019-1000020).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24337
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3884-1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1000019
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1000020

SRPMS:
- 6/core/libarchive-3.3.1-1.5.mga6

Mageia 2019-0074: libarchive security update

libarchive contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in 7zip decompression, archive_read_support_format_7zip.c, header_bytes() that can result in a crash (denial of service)

Summary

libarchive contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in 7zip decompression, archive_read_support_format_7zip.c, header_bytes() that can result in a crash (denial of service). This attack appears to be exploitable via the victim opening a specially crafted 7zip file (CVE-2019-1000019).
libarchive contains an infinite loop vulnerability in the ISO9660 parser, archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c, read_CE()/parse_rockridge() that can result in DoS by infinite loop. This attack appears to be exploitable via the victim opening a specially crafted ISO9660 file (CVE-2019-1000020).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24337

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3884-1

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1000019

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1000020

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0074 - Updated libarchive packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 6/core/libarchive-3.3.1-1.5.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 13 Feb 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0074.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-1000019, CVE-2019-1000020

Related News