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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2019.0142
libarchive vulnerabilities
16 January 2019
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: libarchive
Publisher: Ubuntu
Operating System: Ubuntu
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Access Confidential Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2018-1000880 CVE-2018-1000878 CVE-2018-1000877
CVE-2017-14502
Reference: ESB-2019.0025
Original Bulletin:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3859-1
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USN-3859-1: libarchive vulnerabilities
15 January 2019
libarchive vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Ubuntu 18.10
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in libarchive.
Software Description
libarchive - Library to read/write archive files
Details
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)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 18.10
libarchive13 - 3.2.2-5ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libarchive13 - 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libarchive13 - 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.5
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
libarchive13 - 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.7
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
CVE-2017-14502
CVE-2018-1000877
CVE-2018-1000878
CVE-2018-1000880
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