Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20181000879000
Revision Date:2018-12-20Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-1000879 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
Description:libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (release v3.3.0 onwards) contains a CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in ACL parser - libarchive/archive_acl.c, archive_acl_from_text_l() that can result in Crash/DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted archive file.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-1000879
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'libarchive' package in bionic is not affected (note: 'code not present').
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