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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2413-1 (libarchive)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to libarchive announced via advisory DSA 2413-1.
Insight
Insight
Two buffer overflows have been discovered in libarchive, a library providing a flexible interface for reading and writing archives in various formats. The possible buffer overflows while reading is9660 or tar streams allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code depending on the application that makes use of this functionality. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.4-1+squeeze1. For the testing (wheezy) and unstable (sid) distributions, this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.5-5.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your libarchive packages.