1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3859-1

USN-3859-1: libarchive vulnerabilities

Publication date

15 January 2019

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in libarchive.

Releases

Packages

  • 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)

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

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.10 cosmic libarchive13 –  3.2.2-5ubuntu0.1
18.04 bionic libarchive13 –  3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2
16.04 xenial libarchive13 –  3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.5
14.04 trusty libarchive13 –  3.1.2-7ubuntu2.7

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