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Debian: DSA-3677-1 Critical: Libarchive Memory Issue, DoS, Code Exec

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Calendar Grey September 25, 2016
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Release notes for libarchive focusing on security enhancements, rectifying denial of service threats, memory management flaws, and potential code execution risks in Debian systems.
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in libarchive, a multi-format archive and compression library, which may lead to denial of service (memory consumption and application crash...
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security advisory code execution Debian DoS memory issue libarchive sandbox bypass

Summary

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 3.1.2-11+deb8u3.

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-2016-5418 CVE-2016-6250 CVE-2016-7166

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security advisory code execution Debian DoS memory issue libarchive sandbox bypass

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