CVE-2019-19221

Publication date 21 November 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

In Libarchive 3.4.0, archive_wstring_append_from_mbs in archive_string.c has an out-of-bounds read because of an incorrect mbrtowc or mbtowc call. For example, bsdtar crashes via a crafted archive.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libarchive 24.10 oracular
Fixed 3.4.0-1ubuntu2
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 3.4.0-1ubuntu2
23.10 mantic
Fixed 3.4.0-1ubuntu2
23.04 lunar
Fixed 3.4.0-1ubuntu2
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 3.4.0-1ubuntu2
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.4.0-1ubuntu2
21.10 impish
Fixed 3.4.0-1ubuntu2
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 3.4.0-1ubuntu2
20.10 groovy
Fixed 3.4.0-1ubuntu2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.4.0-1ubuntu2
19.10 eoan
Fixed 3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.6
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of ESM support, was needed

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libarchive

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4293-1
    • libarchive vulnerabilities
    • 2 March 2020

Other references