Medium severity6.5OSV Advisory· Published Dec 20, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-1000879
CVE-2018-1000879
Description
libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (release v3.3.0 onwards) contains a CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in ACL parser - libarchive/archive_acl.c, archive_acl_from_text_l() that can result in Crash/DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted archive file.
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Affected products
11v3.3.0, v3.3.1, v3.3.2, …+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: v3.3.0, v3.3.1, v3.3.2, …
- cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=3.3.0,<3.4.0
- (no CPE)range: >=3.3.0
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords4 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/bsdtar&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/libarchive&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/suse/libarchive&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/libarchive&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015
< 3.5.1-1.5+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.1-1.5
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.2-lp150.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.2-3.8.4
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.2-3.8.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/+bug/1794909nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105/commits/15bf44fd2c1ad0e3fd87048b3fcc90c4dcff1175nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00055.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/106324nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBOCC2M6YGPZA6US43YK4INPSJZZHRTG/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W645KCLWFDBDGFJHG57WOVXGE62QSIJI/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVXA7PHINVT6DFF6PRLTDTVTXKDLVHNF/nvd
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