Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201702-14
=========================================
Severity: Medium
Date    : 2017-02-17
CVE-ID  : CVE-2017-0359
Package : diffoscope
Type    : arbitrary file overwrite
Remote  : No
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-175

Summary
======
The package diffoscope before version 77-1 is vulnerable to arbitrary
file overwrite.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 77-1.

# pacman -Syu "diffoscope>=77-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 77.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
It has been discovered that diffoscope may write to arbitrary locations
on disk depending on the contents of an untrusted archive.

Impact
=====
An attacker is able to create a specially crafted archive that, when
processed, overwrites arbitrary files on disc.

References
=========
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854723
https://salsa.debian.org/reproducible-builds/diffoscope/-/commit/632a40828a54b399787c25e7fa243f732aef7e05
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-0359

ArchLinux: 201702-14: diffoscope: arbitrary file overwrite

February 17, 2017

Summary

It has been discovered that diffoscope may write to arbitrary locations on disk depending on the contents of an untrusted archive.

Resolution

Upgrade to 77-1. # pacman -Syu "diffoscope>=77-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 77.

References

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854723 https://salsa.debian.org/reproducible-builds/diffoscope/-/commit/632a40828a54b399787c25e7fa243f732aef7e05 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-0359

Severity
Package : diffoscope
Type : arbitrary file overwrite
Remote : No
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-175

Workaround

None.

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