libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (release v3.3.0 onwards) contains a CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in ACL parser - libarchive/archive_acl.c, archive_acl_from_text_l() that can result in Crash/DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted archive file.
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Libarchive | Libarchive | 3.3.0 (including) | 3.4.0 (excluding) |
| Libarchive | Ubuntu | devel | * |