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CVE-2017-5601 json

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 trigge…

published 2017-01-27 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14700

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.3%
EPSS 4.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • libarchive Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.2.1-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5601

  • libarchive Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.4
  • libarchive Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5601

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libarchive SLE Real Time 15 SP2, SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP3, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 +4 more 3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
  • libarchive SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP4, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 3.5.1-150400.3.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:0944-2SUSE-SU-2022:1930-1SUSE-SU-2022:0944-1

  • bsdtar openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.7.2-1.1
  • libarchive openSUSE Leap 15.3 3.4.2-150200.4.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13549-1openSUSE-SU-2022:0944-1

  • libarchive Alpine 3.4 3.2.2-r0
  • libarchive Alpine 3.5 3.2.2-r1

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-5601

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-5601 updated cvss 4.8

libarchive: Out of bounds read in lha_read_file_header_1() function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 bsdtar, bsdcpio, libarchive
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libarchive
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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