Vigil@nce - libarchive: infinite loop via _warc_read
January 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Debian.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: denial of service on service, denial of service on
client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 28/12/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger an infinite loop via _warc_read() of
libarchive, in order to trigger a denial of service.
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https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/libarchive-infinite-loop-via-warc-read-28119