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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1092-1] libarchive security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
6 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
It was discovered that there was a denial of service vulnerability in the libarchive multi-format compression library. A specially-crafted .xar archive could cause via a heap-based buffer over-read.
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 Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in libarchive version 3.0.4-3+wheezy6+deb7u1. We recommend that you upgrade your libarchive packages.