Summary
It was discovered that libarchive mishandled certain memory checks,
which could result in a NULL pointer dereference. An attacker could
potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-36227)
It was discovered that libarchive mishandled certain memory operations,
which could result in an out-of-bounds memory access. An attacker could
potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
(CVE-2024-48957, CVE-2024-48958)
Fixed packages 6
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS | libarchive | 3.4.0-2ubuntu1.3 |
| Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS | libarchive | 3.6.0-1ubuntu1.2 |
| Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS | libarchive | 3.7.2-2ubuntu0.2 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS | libarchive | 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8+esm3 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS | libarchive | 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8+esm1 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS | libarchive | 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+esm1 |
Vulnerabilities 3
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High 7.8
execute_filter_audio in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.7.5 allows out-of-bounds access via a …
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High 7.8
execute_filter_delta in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.7.5 allows out-of-bounds access via a …
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Unscored —
In libarchive before 3.6.2, the software does not check for an error after calling calloc function that can return with…