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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3574-1 (libarchive - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Rock Stevens, Andrew Ruef and Marcin Icewall Noga discovered a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the zip_read_mac_metadata function in libarchive, a multi-format archive and compression library, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a user or automated system is tricked into processing a specially crafted ZIP file.
Affected Software
Affected Software
libarchive on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.2-11+deb8u1. We recommend that you upgrade your libarchive packages.