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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1612-1] libarchive security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
4 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
Daniel Axtens discovered a double-free and use-after-free vulnerability in libarchive's RAR decoder that can result in a denial-of-service (application crash) or may have other unspecified impact when a malformed RAR archive is processed.
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 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 3.1.2-11+deb8u6. We recommend that you upgrade your libarchive packages.