CVE-2017-5601

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3225-1

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An error in the lha_read_file_header_1() function (archive_read_support_format_lha.c) in libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds read memory access and subsequently cause a crash via a specially crafted archive.

Un error en la función lha_read_file_header_1() (archive_read_support_format_lha.c) en libarchive 3.2.2 permite a un atacantes desencadenar un acceso de lectura fuera de límites de la memoria y posteriormente provocar una caída a través de un archivo especialmente manipulado.

It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled hardlink entries when extracting archives. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files. Christian Wressnegger, Alwin Maier, and Fabian Yamaguchi discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled filename lengths when writing ISO9660 archives. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-01-27 CVE Reserved
2017-01-27 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95837	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037974	Vdb Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html	Mailing List
https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2017-3	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/98dcbbf0bf4854bf987557e55e55fff7abbf3ea9	2018-11-30

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Libarchive Search vendor "Libarchive"		Libarchive Search vendor "Libarchive" for product "Libarchive"				3.2.2 Search vendor "Libarchive" for product "Libarchive" and version "3.2.2"		-		Affected