LHa: Multiple vulnerabilities

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200611-24 / lha
Release Date	November 28, 2006
Latest Revision	November 28, 2006: 01
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
app-arch/lha	< 114i-r6	>= 114i-r6	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #151252

Synopsis

LHa is affected by several vulnerabilities including the remote execution of arbitrary code.

2. Impact Information

Background

LHa is a console-based program for packing and unpacking LHarc archives.

Description

Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team discovered several vulnerabilities in the LZH decompression component used by LHa. The make_table function of unlzh.c contains an array index error and a buffer overflow vulnerability. The build_tree function of unpack.c contains a buffer underflow vulnerability. Additionally, unlzh.c contains a code that could run in an infinite loop.

Impact

By enticing a user to uncompress a specially crafted archive, a remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service by CPU consumption or execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the application.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All LHa users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/lha-114i-r6"

4. References

Updated November 28, 2006

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