CVE-2010-4666

Publication date 13 April 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libarchive	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	11.04 natty	Not affected
	10.10 maverick	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored

Notes

mdeslaur

no cab support in versions we carry

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
libarchive	Upstream: http://code.google.com/p/libarchive/source/detail?r=2842 Upstream: http://code.google.com/p/libarchive/source/detail?r=2847

References

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4666