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Unscored USN-3859-1 4 CVEs

libarchive vulnerabilities

Published Jan 15, 2019 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain archive files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
CVE-2018-1000880 affected only Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10.
(CVE-2018-1000877, CVE-2018-1000878, CVE-2018-1000880)

It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain archive files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2017-14502)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS libarchive 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.7
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS libarchive 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.5
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS libarchive 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2

Vulnerabilities 4

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14502
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000877
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000878
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000880