Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0019: libarchive (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0019)

high Nessus Plugin ID 236476

Synopsis

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2022:0019 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2019-1000019:
libarchive version commit bf9aec176c6748f0ee7a678c5f9f9555b9a757c1 onwards (release v3.0.2 onwards) contains a CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in 7zip decompression, archive_read_support_format_7zip.c, header_bytes() that can result in a crash (denial of service). This attack appears to be exploitable via the victim opening a specially crafted 7zip file.

CVE-2019-1000020:
libarchive version commit 5a98dcf8a86364b3c2c469c85b93647dfb139961 onwards (version v2.8.0 onwards) contains a CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') vulnerability in ISO9660 parser, archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c, read_CE()/parse_rockridge() that can result in DoS by infinite loop. This attack appears to be exploitable via the victim opening a specially crafted ISO9660 file.

CVE-2019-18408:
archive_read_format_rar_read_data in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.4.0 has a use-after-free in a certain ARCHIVE_FAILED situation, related to Ppmd7_DecodeSymbol.

CVE-2019-19221:
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-2021-23177:
** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that will use it when announcing a new security problem. When the candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be provided.

CVE-2021-31566:
** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that will use it when announcing a new security problem. When the candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be provided.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 236476

File Name: alinux3_sa_2022-0019.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2025

Updated: 5/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-18408

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-31566

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bsdcpio-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bsdtar, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bsdcpio, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libarchive, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bsdcat-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bsdtar-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libarchive-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bsdcat, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libarchive-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libarchive-debugsource

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Alibaba/release, Host/Alibaba/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/21/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1000019, CVE-2019-1000020, CVE-2019-18408, CVE-2019-19221, CVE-2021-23177, CVE-2021-31566

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