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libarchive: memory leak in archive_read_format_zip_cleanup in archive_read_support_format_zip.c causing denial of service via crafted zip file

Published Apr 23, 2019

Description

A memory leak in archive_read_format_zip_cleanup in archive_read_support_format_zip.c in libarchive 3.3.4-dev allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted ZIP file because of a HAVE_LZMA_H typo. NOTE: this only affects users who downloaded the development code from GitHub. Users of the product's official releases are unaffected.

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Remediation

Red Hat statement

This issue did not affect the versions of libarchive as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 23, 2019
Updated Aug 4, 2024
Reserved Apr 22, 2019
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Low
Public date Mar 28, 2019