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Debian 8: DLA-1612-1 Critical: libarchive Denial-of-Service Issue

debian lts
Calendar Grey December 21, 2018
Dist Debian Esm H88
A resolution has been established to address double-free and use-after-free vulnerabilities in libarchive's RAR decoder on Debian 8, improving security and integrity for safe operation.
Daniel Axtens discovered a double-free and use-after-free vulnerability in libarchive's RAR decoder that can result in a denial-of-service (application crash) or may have other uns...
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security advisory Debian double-free denial-of-service libarchive use-after-free

Summary

We recommend that you upgrade your libarchive packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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Package: libarchive
Version: 3.1.2-11+deb8u6
CVE ID: CVE-2018-1000877 CVE-2018-1000878
Debian Bug: 916964 916963

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security advisory Debian double-free denial-of-service libarchive use-after-free

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