{
  "cveId": "CVE-2019-18408",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18408",
  "summary": "CVE-2019-18408 is fixed in 6 products on 1 platform, first by bsdcpio 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.5, released October 24, 2019. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.",
  "title": "bsdtar: The libarchive programming library can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including GNU tar...",
  "description": "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.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* libarchive: use-after-free in archive_read_format_rar_read_data when there is an error in the decompression of an archive entry (CVE-2019-18408)\n\nFor 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.",
  "published": "2019-10-24T07:15:00Z",
  "severity": "Important",
  "cvss": 8.1,
  "epss": 0.0404,
  "epssPercentile": 0.90679,
  "priority": "High",
  "priorityTier": 3,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
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      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "bsdcpio",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.5",
      "fix": "bsdcpio 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.5",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-bsdcpio-3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.5",
      "released": "2019-10-24T07:15:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "bsdtar",
      "release": "RHEL 8",
      "fixedVersion": "0:3.3.2-8.el8_1",
      "fix": "RHSA-2020:0271",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-0271",
      "released": "2020-01-29T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "bsdtar",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.5",
      "fix": "bsdtar 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.5",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-bsdtar-3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.5",
      "released": "2019-10-24T07:15:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "bsdtar",
      "release": "ol 8",
      "fixedVersion": "0:3.3.2-8.el8_1",
      "fix": "ELSA-2020-0271",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/elsa-2020-0271",
      "released": "2020-01-29T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "libarchive",
      "release": "RHEL 8",
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      "fix": "RHSA-2020:0271",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-0271",
      "released": "2020-01-29T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
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      "fix": "ELSA-2020-0271",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/elsa-2020-0271",
      "released": "2020-01-29T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "libarchive-devel",
      "release": "RHEL 8",
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      "fix": "RHSA-2020:0271",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-0271",
      "released": "2020-01-29T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "libarchive-devel",
      "release": "ol 8",
      "fixedVersion": "0:3.3.2-8.el8_1",
      "fix": "ELSA-2020-0271",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/elsa-2020-0271",
      "released": "2020-01-29T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "libarchive-tools",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.5",
      "fix": "libarchive-tools 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.5",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libarchive-tools-3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.5",
      "released": "2019-10-24T07:15:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "libarchive13",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.5",
      "fix": "libarchive13 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.5",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libarchive13-3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.5",
      "released": "2019-10-24T07:15:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-08T00:53:09Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
    "terms": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar/use-the-data"
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