====================================================================== Secunia Research 2017/01/27 libarchive "lha_read_file_header_1()" Out-Of-Bounds Memory Access Denial of Service Vulnerability ====================================================================== Table of Contents Affected Software....................................................1 Severity.............................................................2 Description of Vulnerability.........................................3 Solution.............................................................4 Time Table...........................................................5 Credits..............................................................6 References...........................................................7 About Flexera Software...............................................8 Verification.........................................................9 ====================================================================== 1) Affected Software * libarchive version 3.2.2. Other versions may also be affected. ====================================================================== 2) Severity Rating: Moderately critical Impact: Denial of Service Where: From remote ====================================================================== 3) Description of Vulnerability Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in libarchive, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the "lha_read_file_header_1()" function (archive_read_support_format_lha.c), which can be exploited to trigger an out-of-bounds read memory access via a specially crafted archive. The vulnerability is confirmed in version 3.2.2. Other versions may also be affected. ====================================================================== 4) Solution Fixed in the source code repository. https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/ 98dcbbf0bf4854bf987557e55e55fff7abbf3ea9 ====================================================================== 5) Time Table 2016/12/20 - Initial contact to request security contact. 2016/12/27 - Maintainer responds with security contacts. 2016/12/29 - Maintainers provided with the vulnerability details. 2017/01/11 - Request for status after no response. 2017/01/16 - Maintainers acknowledge the vulnerability and publish a suggested fix in an unofficial source code repository. 2017/01/19 - Maintainers informed about the fixed released date of Secunia Advisory set to 2017/01/23 due to the public disclosure of the vulnerability. 2017/01/19 - Maintainers provide a patch in the official source code repository. 2017/01/23 - Release of Secunia Advisory SA74169. 2017/01/27 - Public disclosure of Secunia Research Advisory. 2017/01/30 - Added CVE identifier. ====================================================================== 6) Credits Discovered by Jakub Jirasek, Secunia Research at Flexera Software. ====================================================================== 7) References The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the CVE-2017-5601 identifier for the vulnerability. ====================================================================== 8) About Flexera Software Flexera Software helps application producers and enterprises increase application usage and the value they derive from their software. http://www.flexerasoftware.com/enterprise/company/about/ Flexera Software delivers market-leading Software Vulnerability Management solutions enabling enterprises to proactively identify and remediate software vulnerabilities, effectively reducing the risk of costly security breaches. http://www.flexerasoftware.com/enterprise/products/ Flexera Software supports and contributes to the community in several ways. 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