Debian 8 DSA-3574-1 Critical: Libarchive Buffer Overflow Risk
debian
May 10, 2016
Rock Stevens, Andrew Ruef and Marcin 'Icewall' Noga discovered a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the zip_read_mac_metadata function in libarchive, a multi-format archiv...
Summary
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.1.2-11+deb8u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libarchive packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: libarchive
CVE ID: CVE-2016-1541
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