Vigil@nce - libarchive: infinite loop via parse_rockridge
April 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Debian, Fedora, SLES, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: denial of service on service, denial of service on
client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 08/02/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger an infinite loop via parse_rockridge() of
libarchive, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/libarchive-infinite-loop-via-parse-rockridge-28465