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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in FreeBSD libarchive 2.8.4/2.8.5 (File Compression Software). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libarchive 2.8.4 and 2.8.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) TAR archive or (2) ISO9660 image.
The weakness was presented 04/13/2012 as Bug 705849 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-1779 since 04/19/2011. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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 and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (74259). See 60596 and 60595 for similar entries.
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Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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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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04/19/2011 🔍04/13/2012 🔍
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Advisory: Bug 705849Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-1779 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 47737
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Entry
Created: 03/23/2015 16:50Updated: 02/16/2019 15:26
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (63), 02/16/2019 15:26 (3)
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