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Ubuntu: USN-5291-1 (CVE-2021-36976): libarchive vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5291-1 (CVE-2021-36976): libarchive vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/20/2021
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

libarchive 3.4.1 through 3.5.1 has a use-after-free in copy_string (called from do_uncompress_block and process_block).

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libarchive13

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