Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201806-6
========================================
Severity: Critical
Date    : 2018-06-09
CVE-ID  : CVE-2018-10115
Package : p7zip
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-714

Summary
======
The package p7zip before version 16.02-5 is vulnerable to arbitrary
code execution.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 16.02-5.

# pacman -Syu "p7zip>=16.02-5"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 18.05.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
An uninitialized memory security issue has been found in the RAR
decoder component of 7-Zip before 18.05, resulting in arbitrary code
execution.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code via a crafted RAR file.

References
=========
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/58907
https://landave.io/2018/05/7-zip-from-uninitialized-memory-to-remote-code-execution/
https://landave.io/files/patch_7zip_CVE-2018-10115.txt
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-10115

ArchLinux: 201806-6: p7zip: arbitrary code execution

June 10, 2018

Summary

An uninitialized memory security issue has been found in the RAR decoder component of 7-Zip before 18.05, resulting in arbitrary code execution.

Resolution

Upgrade to 16.02-5. # pacman -Syu "p7zip>=16.02-5"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 18.05.

References

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/58907 https://landave.io/2018/05/7-zip-from-uninitialized-memory-to-remote-code-execution/ https://landave.io/files/patch_7zip_CVE-2018-10115.txt https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-10115

Severity
Package : p7zip
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-714

Workaround

None.

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