UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12942

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12942

    Published: 18 Aug 2017Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-12942

    Summary:

    Details: libunrar.a in UnRAR before 5.5.7 has a buffer overflow in the Unpack::LongLZ function.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12942, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/18/6, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/290, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12942

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: unrar-nonfree

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/unrar-nonfree@1:5.3.2-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1:5.3.2-1
    1:5.3.2-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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