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Gentoo GLSA 201406-02 Normal: libarchive Code Execution Threats

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The advisory issued by Gentoo regarding libarchive outlines standard severity vulnerabilities that could facilitate arbitrary code execution or pose denial-of-service threats.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libarchive, some of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libarchive. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution DoS arbitrary code normal severity libarchive

Resolution

All libarchive users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/libarchive-3.1.2-r1"
Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-4666 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4666 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-1777 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1777 [ 3 ] CVE-2011-1778 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1778 [ 4 ] CVE-2011-1779 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1779 [ 5 ] CVE-2013-0211 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0211

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201406-02
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 01, 2014
Bugs: #366687, #463632
ID: 201406-02

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution DoS arbitrary code normal severity libarchive

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libarchive, some of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

libarchive is a library for manipulating different streaming archive formats, including certain tar variants, several cpio formats, and both BSD and GNU ar variants.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-arch/libarchive < 3.1.2-r1 >= 3.1.2-r1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user or automated process to open a specially crafted archive using an application linked against libarchive, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.