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Red Hat: CVE-2019-18408: use-after-free in archive_read_format_rar_read_data when there is an error in the decompression of an archive entry (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2019-18408: use-after-free in archive_read_format_rar_read_data when there is an error in the decompression of an archive entry (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/24/2019
Created
02/01/2020
Added
01/31/2020
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

archive_read_format_rar_read_data in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.4.0 has a use-after-free in a certain ARCHIVE_FAILED situation, related to Ppmd7_DecodeSymbol.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-bsdcat-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-bsdcpio
  • redhat-upgrade-bsdcpio-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-bsdtar
  • redhat-upgrade-bsdtar-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-libarchive
  • redhat-upgrade-libarchive-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-libarchive-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-libarchive-devel

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