Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20181000878000
Revision Date:2018-12-20Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-1000878 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:libarchive version commit 416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc onwards (release v3.1.0 onwards) contains a CWE-416: Use After Free vulnerability in RAR decoder - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_rar.c that can result in Crash/DoS - it is unknown if RCE is possible. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted RAR archive.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-1000878
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'libarchive' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.5').
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