CVE - CVE-2017-14166

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-14166	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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DEBIAN:DSA-4360 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360 GENTOO:GLSA-201908-11 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11 MISC:https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/06/libarchive-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-xml_data-archive_read_support_format_xar-c/ MISC:https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fa7438a0ff4033e4741c807394a9af6207940d71 MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20181129 [SECURITY] [DLA 1600-1] libarchive security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html UBUNTU:USN-3736-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3736-1/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20170906	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20170906)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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