Bug 2144972 (CVE-2022-36227) - CVE-2022-36227 libarchive: NULL pointer dereference in archive_write.c
Summary: CVE-2022-36227 libarchive: NULL pointer dereference in archive_write.c
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2022-36227
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2144973 2144974 2144975 2147362 2147363
Blocks: 2144976
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-11-22 20:01 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2024-03-18 17:46 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2023-05-17 00:51:37 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:2532 0 None None None 2023-05-09 07:56:51 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:3018 0 None None None 2023-05-16 08:43:31 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:0146 0 None None None 2024-01-10 13:22:38 UTC

Description Pedro Sampaio 2022-11-22 20:01:01 UTC 
In libarchive 3.6.1, the software does not check for an error after calling calloc function that can return with a NULL pointer if the function fails, which leads to a resultant NULL pointer dereference or, in some cases, even arbitrary code execution.

Upstream patch:
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fd180c36036df7181a64931264732a10ad8cd024
Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2022-11-22 20:01:25 UTC 
Created cmake3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2144973]


Created libarchive tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2144974]


Created mingw-libarchive tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2144975]
Comment 2 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2022-11-23 19:08:33 UTC 
Reference:
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/1754
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-09 07:56:48 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2023:2532 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2532
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-16 08:43:29 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2023:3018 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3018
Comment 8 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-05-17 00:51:33 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-36227
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2024-01-10 13:22:34 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:0146 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0146
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