CVE-2019-1000020

Published: 04 February 2019

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.

Priority

Medium

CVSS 3 base score: 6.5

Status

Package Release Status
libarchive
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream Needs triage

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
Released (3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.3)
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)
Released (3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.6)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr)
Released (3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8)
Patches:
Upstream: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/8312eaa576014cd9b965012af51bc1f967b12423

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