ubuntu-cve-2017-14166
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-09-06 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

libarchive 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (xml_data heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted xar archive, related to the mishandling of empty strings in the atol8 function in archive_read_support_format_xar.c.

Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "bsdcpio",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "bsdtar",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libarchive13",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.6"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "libarchive",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libarchive@3.1.2-7ubuntu2.6?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
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            {
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            },
            {
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            }
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.1.2-5ubuntu1",
        "3.1.2-7ubuntu1",
        "3.1.2-7ubuntu2",
        "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.1",
        "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.2",
        "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.3",
        "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.4"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "bsdcpio",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "bsdtar",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libarchive13",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.4"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "libarchive",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libarchive@3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.4?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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        "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.2",
        "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "libarchive 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (xml_data heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted xar archive, related to the mishandling of empty strings in the atol8 function in archive_read_support_format_xar.c.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14166",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:21Z",
  "published": "2017-09-06T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14166"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/06/5"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/06/libarchive-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-xml_data-archive_read_support_format_xar-c/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3736-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14166"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-3736-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-14166"
  ]
}



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