GLSA 201710-19: libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:normal
Title:libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:10/18/2017
Bugs: #618026
ID:201710-19

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libarchive, the worst of which could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Background

libarchive is a library for manipulating different streaming archive formats, including certain tar variants, several cpio formats, and both BSD and GNU ar variants.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
app-arch/libarchive < 3.3.0 >= 3.3.0 All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libarchive. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Impact

A remote attacker, via a specially crafted file, could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All libarchive users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/libarchive-3.3.0"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201710-19.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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