CVE-2017-5601

Publication date 27 January 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

An error in the lha_read_file_header_1() function (archive_read_support_format_lha.c) in libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds read memory access and subsequently cause a crash via a specially crafted archive.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libarchive	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 3.2.1-2ubuntu0.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.4
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 3.0.3-6ubuntu1.4

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libarchive	Upstream: 98dcbbf

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3225-1
libarchive vulnerabilities
9 March 2017