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A vulnerability was found in FreeBSD libarchive 3.0 (File Compression Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Buffer overflow in libarchive 3.0 pre-release code allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted CAB file, which is not properly handled during the reading of Huffman code data within LZX compressed data.
The weakness was published 04/13/2012 as Bug 705849 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-4666 since 01/03/2011. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74259 (GLSA-201406-02 : libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (74881) and Tenable (74259). Similar entries are available at 60598 and 60596.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 74259
Nessus Name: GLSA-201406-02 : libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 870616
OpenVAS Name: RedHat Update for libarchive RHSA-2011:1507-01
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01/03/2011 🔍05/06/2011 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: Bug 705849Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-4666 (🔍)
X-Force: 74881
Vulnerability Center: 35827 - Libarchive 3.0 Pre-Release Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Allows Remote DoS via a Crafted CAB File, Medium
SecurityFocus: 47737 - 'libarchive' Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 03/23/2015 16:50Updated: 12/01/2021 08:36
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (61), 04/15/2017 16:22 (10), 12/01/2021 08:36 (3)
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