Upstream information

CVE-2018-5996 at MITRE

Description

Insufficient exception handling in the method NCompress::NRar3::CDecoder::Code of 7-Zip before 18.00 and p7zip can lead to multiple memory corruptions within the PPMd code, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted RAR archive.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.8
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.8 9.8
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction Required None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1077724 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • p7zip >= 9.20.1-7.3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2018-319
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • p7zip >= 9.20.1-7.3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-319
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • p7zip >= 9.20.1-7.3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-319
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • p7zip >= 9.20.1-7.3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-319
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
  • p7zip >= 9.20.1-7.3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2018-319


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 p7zip Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 p7zip Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS p7zip Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 p7zip Released
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL p7zip Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 p7zip Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 p7zip Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 p7zip Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 p7zip Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 p7zip Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 p7zip Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 p7zip Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 p7zip Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS p7zip Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 p7zip Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS p7zip Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS p7zip Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 p7zip Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL p7zip Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS p7zip Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS p7zip Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 p7zip Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS p7zip Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS p7zip Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 p7zip Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 p7zip Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 p7zip Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 p7zip Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 p7zip Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 p7zip Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 p7zip Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 p7zip Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 p7zip Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 p7zip Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Jan 24 17:43:06 2018
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 17:16:48 2023