Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2010-4666 (CCN-74881)

Assigned:2011-01-03
Published:2012-03-24
Updated:2012-04-16
Summary:Buffer overflow in libarchive 3.0 pre-release code allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted CAB file, which is not properly handled during the reading of Huffman code data within LZX compressed data.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.3 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:7.5 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
5.5 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
5.0 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-119
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: CCN
Type: libarchive Web site
libarchive

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://code.google.com/p/libarchive/source/detail?r=2842

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2010-4666

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 77467
libarchive LZX Huffman Code CAB File Handling Remote Overflow

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 705849
CVE-2010-4666 CVE-2011-1777 CVE-2011-1778 CVE-2011-1779 Libarchive multiple security issues

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705849

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
libarchive-cab-bo(74881)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:freebsd:libarchive:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:freebsd:libarchive:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    freebsd libarchive 3.0
    freebsd libarchive 3.0