USN-5291-1

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5291-1

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5291-1.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5291-1

Related

Published

2022-02-17T13:54:10.309118Z

Modified

2022-02-17T13:54:10.309118Z

Summary

libarchive vulnerabilities

Details

It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled symlinks. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted archive, an attacker could possibly use this issue to change modes, times, ACLs, and flags on arbitrary files. (CVE-2021-23177, CVE-2021-31566)

It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain RAR archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted RAR archive, an attacker could use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-36976)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / libarchive

Package

Name: libarchive
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libarchive@3.4.0-2ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.4.0-2ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.4.0-1

3.4.0-1build1

3.4.0-1ubuntu2

3.4.0-2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.4.0-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-tools",
            "binary_version": "3.4.0-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-tools-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "3.4.0-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive13",
            "binary_version": "3.4.0-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive13-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "3.4.0-2ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}