CVE-2018-1000877

bsdtar: The libarchive programming library can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including GNU tar...

CVE-2018-1000877 is fixed in 6 products on 1 platform, first by bsdcpio 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2, released December 19, 2018. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
8.8
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0458
91st percentile

The libarchive programming library can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including GNU tar, cpio, and ISO 9660 CD-ROM images. Libarchive is used notably in the bsdtar utility, scripting language bindings such as python-libarchive, and several popular desktop file managers. Security Fix(es): * libarchive: Double free in RAR decoder resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2018-1000877) * libarchive: Use after free in RAR decoder resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2018-1000878) * libarchive: Out of bounds read in archive_read_support_format_7zip.c resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2019-1000019) * libarchive: Infinite recursion in archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c resulting in denial of service (CVE-2019-1000020) * libarchive: Out-of-bounds read in lha_read_data_none (CVE-2017-14503) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bsdcpio · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2 bsdcpio 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2 Dec 19, 2018
bsdtar · RHEL 8 0:3.3.2-7.el8 RHSA-2019:3698 Nov 5, 2019
bsdtar · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2 bsdtar 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2 Dec 19, 2018
bsdtar · ol 8 0:3.3.2-7.el8 ELSA-2019-3698 Nov 14, 2019
libarchive · RHEL 8 0:3.3.2-7.el8 RHSA-2019:3698 Nov 5, 2019
libarchive · ol 8 0:3.3.2-7.el8 ELSA-2019-3698 Nov 14, 2019
libarchive-devel · RHEL 8 0:3.3.2-7.el8 RHSA-2019:3698 Nov 5, 2019
libarchive-devel · ol 8 0:3.3.2-7.el8 ELSA-2019-3698 Nov 14, 2019
libarchive-tools · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2 libarchive-tools 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2 Dec 19, 2018
libarchive13 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2 libarchive13 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2 Dec 19, 2018

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