Ubuntu: USN-3225-1 (CVE-2016-8689): libarchive vulnerabilities
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
11/25/2016
07/25/2018
03/10/2017
11/27/2024
Description
The read_Header function in archive_read_support_format_7zip.c in libarchive 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via multiple EmptyStream attributes in a header in a 7zip archive.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-libarchive12
- ubuntu-upgrade-libarchive13
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