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CVE-2019-1000020

Publication date 4 February 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libarchive 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 3.2.2-5ubuntu0.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.6
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libarchive

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H