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Ubuntu: USN-2901-1 (CVE-2014-9765): xdelta3 vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-2901-1 (CVE-2014-9765): xdelta3 vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/17/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/17/2016
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

Buffer overflow in the main_get_appheader function in xdelta3-main.h in xdelta3 before 3.0.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted input file.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-xdelta3

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