CVE-2020-9308

Publication date 20 February 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

archive_read_support_format_rar5.c in libarchive before 3.4.2 attempts to unpack a RAR5 file with an invalid or corrupted header (such as a header size of zero), leading to a SIGSEGV or possibly unspecified other impact.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libarchive	19.10 eoan	Fixed 3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libarchive	Upstream: 9482100

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4293-1
libarchive vulnerabilities
2 March 2020