SB2017091607 - Denial of service in libarchive
Published: September 16, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017091607
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14501)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds read condition in the parse_file_info function, as defined in the archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c source code file when extracting ISO 9660 files. A remote attacker can trick the victim into extracting an ISO 9660 file that submits malicious input and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.