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SUSE: CVE-2018-5996: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-5996: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/31/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/20/2018
Modified
06/20/2021

Description

Insufficient exception handling in the method NCompress::NRar3::CDecoder::Code of 7-Zip before 18.00 and p7zip can lead to multiple memory corruptions within the PPMd code, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted RAR archive.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-p7zip

References

  • SUSE-SU-2018:0464-1
  • CVE-2018-5996

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