CVE-2018-1000097

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2018-02-21
CWE:
CWE-122
Bugzilla:
1548018: CVE-2018-1000097 sharutils: heap-buffer-overflow in find_archive in unshar.c
A heap-based out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way Sharutils parsed archive files. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash Unshar by tricking it into processing crafted archive files.

Find out more about CVE-2018-1000097 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 sharutils Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 sharutils Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 sharutils Not affected

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