Bug 1663889 (CVE-2018-1000878) - CVE-2018-1000878 libarchive: Use after free in RAR decoder resulting in a denial of service
Summary: CVE-2018-1000878 libarchive: Use after free in RAR decoder resulting in a den...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2018-1000878
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1663893 1663894 1663895 1700749 1700752
Blocks: 1663897
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-01-07 09:35 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2021-02-16 22:35 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-08-06 19:20:31 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:2298 0 None None None 2019-08-06 12:38:20 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:3698 0 None None None 2019-11-05 22:05:30 UTC

Description Andrej Nemec 2019-01-07 09:35:39 UTC 
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in libarchive in RAR decoder. A crafted archive could cause the application to crash.

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/bfcfe6f04ed20db2504db8a254d1f40a1d84eb28
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2019-01-07 09:39:08 UTC 
Created libarchive tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1663893]


Created libarchive3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-6 [bug 1663895]


Created mingw-libarchive tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1663894]
Comment 5 Stefan Cornelius 2019-04-17 14:17:24 UTC 
Statement:

This issue affects the versions of libarchive as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

This issue did not affect the versions of libarchive as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2019-08-06 12:38:20 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2019:2298 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2298
Comment 8 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-08-06 19:20:31 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-2018-1000878
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2019-11-05 22:05:29 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2019:3698 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3698
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