CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-57970

Buffer Over-read

Published: Feb 16, 2025 | Modified: Feb 18, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
4 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

libarchive through 3.7.7 has a heap-based buffer over-read in header_gnu_longlink in archive_read_support_format_tar.c via a TAR archive because it mishandles truncation in the middle of a GNU long linkname.

Weakness

The product reads from a buffer using buffer access mechanisms such as indexes or pointers that reference memory locations after the targeted buffer.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 RedHat libarchive-0:3.7.7-2.el10_0 *
Libarchive Ubuntu devel *

References