CVE-2017-14166

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-14166
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-09-06T18:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-08-15T18:15:12
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-125 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fa7438a0ff4033e4741c807394a9af6207940d71 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/06/libarchive-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-xml_data-archive_read_support_format_xar-c/ Patch Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3736-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14166
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14166
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:38:24 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 20:36:35 2017-09-06T18:29Z 2017-09-06T18:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 20:36:35 2019-08-15T18:15:12 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 20:36:35 Modified Vulnerability Status updated