Multiple security vulnerabilities were found in libarchive, a multi-format archive and compression library. Heap-based buffer over-reads, NULL pointer dereferences and out-of-bounds reads allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via specially crafted archive files.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 3.1.2-11+deb8u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your libarchive packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the libarchive package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - archive_read_format_rar_read_data in     archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before     3.4.0 has a use-after-free in a certain ARCHIVE_FAILED     situation, related to     Ppmd7_DecodeSymbol.(CVE-2019-18408)

  - Absolute path traversal vulnerability in bsdcpio in     libarchive 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to     write to arbitrary files via a full pathname in an     archive.(CVE-2015-2304)

  - Integer overflow in the archive_read_format_tar_skip     function in archive_read_support_format_tar.c in     libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted tar     file.(CVE-2015-8933)

  - The archive_wstring_append_from_mbs function in     archive_string.c in libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and application crash) via a crafted     archive file.(CVE-2016-10209)

  - An error in the lha_read_file_header_1() function     (archive_read_support_format_lha.c) in libarchive 3.2.2     allows remote attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds     read memory access and subsequently cause a crash via a     specially crafted archive.(CVE-2017-5601)

  - read_header in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in     libarchive 3.3.2 suffers from an off-by-one error for     UTF-16 names in RAR archives, leading to an     out-of-bounds read in     archive_read_format_rar_read_header.(CVE-2017-14502)

  - The read_Header function in     archive_read_support_format_7zip.c in libarchive 3.2.1     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read) via multiple EmptyStream     attributes in a header in a 7zip     archive.(CVE-2016-8689)

  - Stack-based buffer overflow in the safe_fprintf     function in tar/util.c in libarchive 3.2.1 allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a     crafted non-printable multibyte character in a     filename.(CVE-2016-8687)

  - libarchive 3.3.2 suffers from an out-of-bounds read     within lha_read_data_none() in     archive_read_support_format_lha.c when extracting a     specially crafted lha archive, related to     lha_crc16.(CVE-2017-14503)

  - The mtree bidder in libarchive 3.2.1 does not keep     track of line sizes when extending the read-ahead,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (crash) via a crafted file, which triggers an     invalid read in the (1) detect_form or (2) bid_entry     function in     libarchive/archive_read_support_format_mtree.c.(CVE-201     6-8688)

  - The archive_le32dec function in archive_endian.h in     libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted file.(CVE-2016-10349)

  - The archive_read_format_cab_read_header function in     archive_read_support_format_cab.c in libarchive 3.2.2     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via     a crafted file.(CVE-2016-10350)

  - libarchive version commit     416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc onwards     (release v3.1.0 onwards) contains a CWE-416: Use After     Free vulnerability in RAR decoder -     libarchive/archive_read_support_format_rar.c that can     result in Crash/DoS - it is unknown if RCE is possible.
    This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim     must open a specially crafted RAR     archive.(CVE-2018-1000878)

  - libarchive version commit     416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc onwards     (release v3.1.0 onwards) contains a CWE-415: Double     Free vulnerability in RAR decoder -     libarchive/archive_read_support_format_rar.c,     parse_codes(), realloc(rar->lzss.window, new_size) with     new_size = 0 that can result in Crash/DoS. This attack     appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a     specially crafted RAR archive.(CVE-2018-1000877)

  - bsdcpio in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read     and crash) via crafted cpio file.(CVE-2015-8915)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - libarchive: directory traversal in bsdcpio (CVE-2015-2304)

  - libarchive: Out of bounds read in lha_read_file_header_1() function (CVE-2017-5601)

  - bsdcpio in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and     crash) via crafted cpio file. (CVE-2015-8915)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

According to the versions of the libarchive package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - libarchive version commit     5a98dcf8a86364b3c2c469c85b93647dfb139961 onwards     (version v2.8.0 onwards) contains a CWE-835: Loop with     Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')     vulnerability in ISO9660 parser,     archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c,     read_CE()/parse_rockridge() that can result in DoS by     infinite loop. This attack appears to be exploitable     via the victim opening a specially crafted ISO9660     file.(CVE-2019-1000020)

  - libarchive version commit     bf9aec176c6748f0ee7a678c5f9f9555b9a757c1 onwards     (release v3.0.2 onwards) contains a CWE-125:
    Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in 7zip decompression,     archive_read_support_format_7zip.c, header_bytes() that     can result in a crash (denial of service). This attack     appears to be exploitable via the victim opening a     specially crafted 7zip file.(CVE-2019-1000019)

  - The archive_string_append function in archive_string.c     in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted cab     files, related to 'overlapping memcpy.'(CVE-2015-8918)

  - read_header in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in     libarchive 3.3.2 suffers from an off-by-one error for     UTF-16 names in RAR archives, leading to an     out-of-bounds read in     archive_read_format_rar_read_header.(CVE-2017-14502)

  - An error in the lha_read_file_header_1() function     (archive_read_support_format_lha.c) in libarchive 3.2.2     allows remote attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds     read memory access and subsequently cause a crash via a     specially crafted archive.(CVE-2017-5601)

  - Stack-based buffer overflow in the safe_fprintf     function in tar/util.c in libarchive 3.2.1 allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a     crafted non-printable multibyte character in a     filename.(CVE-2016-8687)

  - The read_Header function in     archive_read_support_format_7zip.c in libarchive 3.2.1     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read) via multiple EmptyStream     attributes in a header in a 7zip     archive.(CVE-2016-8689)

  - libarchive 3.3.2 suffers from an out-of-bounds read     within lha_read_data_none() in     archive_read_support_format_lha.c when extracting a     specially crafted lha archive, related to     lha_crc16.(CVE-2017-14503)

  - An out-of-bounds read flaw exists in parse_file_info in     archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c in libarchive     3.3.2 when extracting a specially crafted iso9660 iso     file, related to     archive_read_format_iso9660_read_header.(CVE-2017-14501     )

  - libarchive 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (xml_data heap-based buffer over-read     and application crash) via a crafted xar archive,     related to the mishandling of empty strings in the     atol8 function in     archive_read_support_format_xar.c.(CVE-2017-14166)

  - The mtree bidder in libarchive 3.2.1 does not keep     track of line sizes when extending the read-ahead,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (crash) via a crafted file, which triggers an     invalid read in the (1) detect_form or (2) bid_entry     function in     libarchive/archive_read_support_format_mtree.c.(CVE-201     6-8688)

  - The archive_read_format_cab_read_header function in     archive_read_support_format_cab.c in libarchive 3.2.2     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via     a crafted file.(CVE-2016-10350)

  - The archive_le32dec function in archive_endian.h in     libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted file.(CVE-2016-10349)

  - The archive_wstring_append_from_mbs function in     archive_string.c in libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and application crash) via a crafted     archive file.(CVE-2016-10209)

  - Integer overflow in the archive_read_format_tar_skip     function in archive_read_support_format_tar.c in     libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted tar     file.(CVE-2015-8933)

  - bsdcpio in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read     and crash) via crafted cpio file.(CVE-2015-8915)

  - Absolute path traversal vulnerability in bsdcpio in     libarchive 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to     write to arbitrary files via a full pathname in an     archive.(CVE-2015-2304)

  - archive_read_format_rar_read_data in     archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before     3.4.0 has a use-after-free in a certain ARCHIVE_FAILED     situation, related to     Ppmd7_DecodeSymbol.(CVE-2019-18408)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-03 (libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libarchive. Please       review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted       archive file possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with       the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - libarchive: directory traversal in bsdcpio (CVE-2015-2304)

  - libarchive: Infinite recursion in archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c resulting in denial of service     (CVE-2019-1000020)

  - Integer signedness error in the archive_write_zip_data function in archive_write_set_format_zip.c in     libarchive 3.1.2 and earlier, when running on 64-bit machines, allows context-dependent attackers to cause     a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors, which triggers an improper conversion between     unsigned and signed types, leading to a buffer overflow. (CVE-2013-0211)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

According to the versions of the libarchive package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Absolute path traversal vulnerability in bsdcpio in     libarchive 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to     write to arbitrary files via a full pathname in an     archive.(CVE-2015-2304)

  - An out-of-bounds read flaw exists in parse_file_info in     archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c in libarchive     3.3.2 when extracting a specially crafted iso9660 iso     file, related to     archive_read_format_iso9660_read_header.(CVE-2017-14501     )

  - archive_read_format_rar_read_data in     archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before     3.4.0 has a use-after-free in a certain ARCHIVE_FAILED     situation, related to     Ppmd7_DecodeSymbol.(CVE-2019-18408)

  - bsdcpio in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read     and crash) via crafted cpio file.(CVE-2015-8915)

  - libarchive 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (xml_data heap-based buffer over-read     and application crash) via a crafted xar archive,     related to the mishandling of empty strings in the     atol8 function in     archive_read_support_format_xar.c.(CVE-2017-14166)

  - libarchive 3.3.2 suffers from an out-of-bounds read     within lha_read_data_none() in     archive_read_support_format_lha.c when extracting a     specially crafted lha archive, related to     lha_crc16.(CVE-2017-14503)

  - The archive_le32dec function in archive_endian.h in     libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted file.(CVE-2016-10349)

  - The archive_read_format_cab_read_header function in     archive_read_support_format_cab.c in libarchive 3.2.2     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via     a crafted file.(CVE-2016-10350)

  - The archive_wstring_append_from_mbs function in     archive_string.c in libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and application crash) via a crafted     archive file.(CVE-2016-10209)

  - The mtree bidder in libarchive 3.2.1 does not keep     track of line sizes when extending the read-ahead,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (crash) via a crafted file, which triggers an     invalid read in the (1) detect_form or (2) bid_entry     function in     libarchive/archive_read_support_format_mtree.c.(CVE-201     6-8688)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the libarchive package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The read_Header function in     archive_read_support_format_7zip.c in libarchive 3.2.1     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read) via multiple EmptyStream     attributes in a header in a 7zip     archive.(CVE-2016-8689)

  - Stack-based buffer overflow in the safe_fprintf     function in tar/util.c in libarchive 3.2.1 allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a     crafted non-printable multibyte character in a     filename.(CVE-2016-8687)

  - libarchive 3.3.2 suffers from an out-of-bounds read     within lha_read_data_none() in     archive_read_support_format_lha.c when extracting a     specially crafted lha archive, related to     lha_crc16.(CVE-2017-14503)

  - An out-of-bounds read flaw exists in parse_file_info in     archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c in libarchive     3.3.2 when extracting a specially crafted iso9660 iso     file, related to     archive_read_format_iso9660_read_header.(CVE-2017-14501     )

  - libarchive 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (xml_data heap-based buffer over-read     and application crash) via a crafted xar archive,     related to the mishandling of empty strings in the     atol8 function in     archive_read_support_format_xar.c.(CVE-2017-14166)

  - The mtree bidder in libarchive 3.2.1 does not keep     track of line sizes when extending the read-ahead,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (crash) via a crafted file, which triggers an     invalid read in the (1) detect_form or (2) bid_entry     function in     libarchive/archive_read_support_format_mtree.c.(CVE-201     6-8688)

  - The archive_read_format_cab_read_header function in     archive_read_support_format_cab.c in libarchive 3.2.2     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via     a crafted file.(CVE-2016-10350)

  - The archive_le32dec function in archive_endian.h in     libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted file.(CVE-2016-10349)

  - The archive_wstring_append_from_mbs function in     archive_string.c in libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and application crash) via a crafted     archive file.(CVE-2016-10209)

  - Integer overflow in the archive_read_format_tar_skip     function in archive_read_support_format_tar.c in     libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted tar     file.(CVE-2015-8933)

  - bsdcpio in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read     and crash) via crafted cpio file.(CVE-2015-8915)

  - Absolute path traversal vulnerability in bsdcpio in     libarchive 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to     write to arbitrary files via a full pathname in an     archive.(CVE-2015-2304)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the libarchive package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - read_header in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in     libarchive 3.3.2 suffers from an off-by-one error for     UTF-16 names in RAR archives, leading to an     out-of-bounds read in     archive_read_format_rar_read_header.(CVE-2017-14502)

  - An error in the lha_read_file_header_1() function     (archive_read_support_format_lha.c) in libarchive 3.2.2     allows remote attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds     read memory access and subsequently cause a crash via a     specially crafted archive.(CVE-2017-5601)

  - Stack-based buffer overflow in the safe_fprintf     function in tar/util.c in libarchive 3.2.1 allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a     crafted non-printable multibyte character in a     filename.(CVE-2016-8687)

  - The read_Header function in     archive_read_support_format_7zip.c in libarchive 3.2.1     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read) via multiple EmptyStream     attributes in a header in a 7zip     archive.(CVE-2016-8689)

  - libarchive 3.3.2 suffers from an out-of-bounds read     within lha_read_data_none() in     archive_read_support_format_lha.c when extracting a     specially crafted lha archive, related to     lha_crc16.(CVE-2017-14503)

  - An out-of-bounds read flaw exists in parse_file_info in     archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c in libarchive     3.3.2 when extracting a specially crafted iso9660 iso     file, related to     archive_read_format_iso9660_read_header.(CVE-2017-14501     )

  - libarchive 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (xml_data heap-based buffer over-read     and application crash) via a crafted xar archive,     related to the mishandling of empty strings in the     atol8 function in     archive_read_support_format_xar.c.(CVE-2017-14166)

  - The mtree bidder in libarchive 3.2.1 does not keep     track of line sizes when extending the read-ahead,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (crash) via a crafted file, which triggers an     invalid read in the (1) detect_form or (2) bid_entry     function in     libarchive/archive_read_support_format_mtree.c.(CVE-201     6-8688)

  - The archive_read_format_cab_read_header function in     archive_read_support_format_cab.c in libarchive 3.2.2     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via     a crafted file.(CVE-2016-10350)

  - The archive_le32dec function in archive_endian.h in     libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted file.(CVE-2016-10349)

  - The archive_wstring_append_from_mbs function in     archive_string.c in libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and application crash) via a crafted     archive file.(CVE-2016-10209)

  - Integer overflow in the archive_read_format_tar_skip     function in archive_read_support_format_tar.c in     libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted tar     file.(CVE-2015-8933)

  - bsdcpio in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read     and crash) via crafted cpio file.(CVE-2015-8915)

  - Absolute path traversal vulnerability in bsdcpio in     libarchive 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to     write to arbitrary files via a full pathname in an     archive.(CVE-2015-2304)

  - archive_read_format_rar_read_data in     archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before     3.4.0 has a use-after-free in a certain ARCHIVE_FAILED     situation, related to     Ppmd7_DecodeSymbol.(CVE-2019-18408)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Several security vulnerabilities have been discovered in libarchive, a multi-format archive and compression library. An attacker could take advantage of these flaws to cause an out of bounds read or a denial of service against an application using the libarchive12 library using a carefully crafted input file.

CVE-2015-8915

Paris Zoumpouloglou of Project Zero labs discovered a flaw in libarchive bsdtar. Using a crafted file bsdtar can perform an out-of-bounds memory read which will lead to a SEGFAULT.

CVE-2016-7166

Alexander Cherepanov discovered a flaw in libarchive compression handling. Using a crafted gzip file, one can get libarchive to invoke an infinite chain of gzip compressors until all the memory has been exhausted or another resource limit kicks in.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 3.0.4-3+wheezy3.

We recommend that you upgrade your libarchive packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
119289	Debian DLA-1600-1 : libarchive security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	11/30/2018	7/18/2024	high
131871	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : libarchive (EulerOS-SA-2019-2379)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	12/10/2019	4/4/2024	high
198968	RHEL 7 : libarchive (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	6/3/2024	high
135650	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.2 : libarchive (EulerOS-SA-2020-1488)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	4/16/2020	3/15/2024	high
96234	GLSA-201701-03 : libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	1/3/2017	1/11/2021	high
198966	RHEL 6 : libarchive (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	6/3/2024	medium
132139	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : libarchive (EulerOS-SA-2019-2604)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	12/18/2019	4/4/2024	high
130664	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : libarchive (EulerOS-SA-2019-2202)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	11/8/2019	4/15/2024	high
134515	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : libarchive (EulerOS-SA-2020-1226)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	3/13/2020	3/22/2024	high
93415	Debian DLA-617-1 : libarchive security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	9/12/2016	1/11/2021	medium

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