ubuntu-cve-2018-11496
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-05-26 20:29
Modified
2025-10-14 16:48
Summary
Details

In Long Range Zip (aka lrzip) 0.631, there is a use-after-free in read_stream in stream.c, because decompress_file in lrzip.c lacks certain size validation.

Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "lrzip",
            "binary_version": "0.616-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "lrzip",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/lrzip@0.616-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty/esm"
      },
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            },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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        "0.616-1",
        "0.616-1ubuntu0.1~esm"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "lrzip",
            "binary_version": "0.621-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "lrzip",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/lrzip@0.621-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/xenial"
      },
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            },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
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            "binary_version": "0.631-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "lrzip",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/lrzip@0.631-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "In Long Range Zip (aka lrzip) 0.631, there is a use-after-free in read_stream in stream.c, because decompress_file in lrzip.c lacks certain size validation.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11496",
  "modified": "2025-10-14T16:48:01Z",
  "published": "2018-05-26T20:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11496"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip/issues/96"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip/commit/907b66b8cb4ba7384abf8d82f09204b127d328bd"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip/commit/a81248e47d276cf59b8c7e22558e2b5035e87b33"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5171-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11496"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5171-2"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-5171-1",
    "USN-5171-2"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-11496"
  ]
}



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