CVE-2019-1000020
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CVE-2019-1000020 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 3.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Libarchive | Libarchive | >= 2.8.0, < 3.4.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.10 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 29 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | 7.0 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00055.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2298Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1120Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1120/commits/8312eaa576014cd9b965012af51bc1f967b12423Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00013.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3884-1/Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00055.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2298Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1120Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1120/commits/8312eaa576014cd9b965012af51bc1f967b12423Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00013.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3884-1/Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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