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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2020.0127
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2020-0127)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'libarchive' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2020-0127 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libarchive' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2020-0127 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The updated packages fix several issues including security vulnerabilities:

In Libarchive 3.4.0, archive_wstring_append_from_mbs in archive_string.c
has an out-of-bounds read because of an incorrect mbrtowc or mbtowc call.
For example, bsdtar crashes via a crafted archive. (CVE-2019-19221)

archive_read_support_format_rar5.c in libarchive before 3.4.2 attempts to
unpack a RAR5 file with an invalid or corrupted header (such as a header
size of zero), leading to a SIGSEGV or possibly unspecified other impact.
(CVE-2020-9308)

Affected Software/OS:
'libarchive' package(s) on Mageia 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-19221
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RHFV25AVTASTWZRF3KTSL357AQ6TYHM4/
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/22b1db9d46654afc6f0c28f90af8cdc84a199f41
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/1276
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00020.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00030.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4293-1/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9308
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6OTE7GWASH2ZOVG5H3HEN5PR6B3KF7JB/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J76F7VU7HC3GBKG5SAKTRBOFOI3RGO6M/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-28
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=20459
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1326
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1326/commits/94821008d6eea81e315c5881cdf739202961040a
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