UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000097

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000097

    Published: 12 Mar 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Aliases:
    USN-3605-1

    Summary:

    Details: Sharutils sharutils (unshar command) version 4.15.2 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Affected component on the file unshar.c at line 75, function looks_like_c_code. Failure to perform checking of the buffer containing input line. that can result in Could lead to code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via Victim have to run unshar command on a specially crafted file..

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000097, http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Feb/54, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3605-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000097

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sharutils

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/sharutils@1:4.14-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:4.14-1ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    1:4.11.1-1ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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