Intel

AIKIDO-2024-10337

libarchive.libarchive is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to Improper Check for Exceptional Conditions

Denial of Service (DoS) due to Improper Check for Exceptional Conditions Pre-CVE
Found by Aikido Intel before public disclosure or CVE publication.

34

Low Risk

This Affects:

c++libarchive.libarchive
3.0.0a - 3.7.6
Fixed in 3.7.7

TL;DR

Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to crashes when processing extremely large filenames within an inner gzip. This issue can lead to application crashes or resource exhaustion.

Who does this affect?

You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range.

Background info

libarchive.libarchive is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to Improper Check for Exceptional Conditions in versions 3.0.0a - 3.7.6.

How to fix this

Upgrade the libarchive.libarchive library to the patch version.