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Debian 10 Buster DLA-3202-1 Moderate: Libarchive Security Issues

debian lts
Calendar Grey November 22, 2022
Dist Debian Esm H88
Recent findings have revealed several vulnerabilities in the libarchive library that necessitate urgent attention and patches to safeguard against possible attacks.
Three issues have been found in libarchive, a multi-format archive and compression library

Summary

CVE-2019-19221

out-of-bounds read because of an incorrect mbrtowc or mbtowc call

CVE-2021-23177

extracting a symlink with ACLs modifies ACLs of target

CVE-2021-31566

symbolic links incorrectly followed when changing modes, times,
ACL and flags of a file while extracting an archive


For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version
3.3.3-4+deb10u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libarchive packages.

For the detailed security status of libarchive please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libarchive

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: 3.3.3-4+deb10u2
CVE ID: CVE-2019-19221 CVE-2021-23177 CVE-2021-31566
Debian Bug: 945287 1001986 1001990

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