ELSA-2019-3698: Security update for 3 packages

ELSA-2019-3698, released November 14, 2019, fixes 5 CVEs across 3 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High

CVEs closed

None rated Critical

Exploited

None reported

Highest CVSS

8.8

Base score, 0 to 10

Highest EPSS

0.0458

91st percentile

Priority of the 5 CVEs

Patch now 0
                                Urgent 0
                                High 2
                                Routine 3

Fixed package versions

Product	Release	Fixed in
bsdtar	ol 8	0:3.3.2-7.el8
libarchive	ol 8	0:3.3.2-7.el8
libarchive-devel	ol 8	0:3.3.2-7.el8

CVEs this fix closes

Priority	CVE	Title	CVSS	EPSS	Exploitation
High	CVE-2018-1000877	bsdtar: ELSA-2019-3698: libarchive security and bug fix update (MODERATE)	8.8	0.0458	None reported
High	CVE-2018-1000878	bsdcpio: libarchive version commit 416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc onwards (release v3.1.0 onwards) contains a CWE-41...	8.8	0.0445	None reported
Routine	CVE-2019-1000019	bsdtar: fix crash on crafted 7zip archives	6.5	0.0341	None reported
Routine	CVE-2019-1000020	bsdtar: fix infinite loop in ISO9660	6.5	0.0320	None reported
Routine	CVE-2017-14503	bsdtar: fix out-of-bounds read within lha_read_data_none()	6.5	0.0196	None reported

Also fixes CVE-2018-1000877

RHSA-2019:3698
bsdtar, libarchive, libarchive-devel on RHEL 8
bsdcpio 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2
bsdcpio on Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)
bsdtar 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2
bsdtar on Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)
libarchive-tools 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2
libarchive-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)
libarchive13 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2
libarchive13 on Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)

Vendor advisory

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-3698.html

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