Gentoo: GLSA 202208-26 High Severity: libarchive Arbitrary Code Execution
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August 14, 2022
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libarchive, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libarchive. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All libarchive users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/libarchive-3.6.1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2021-31566 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31566 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-36976 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36976 [ 3 ] CVE-2022-26280 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26280 [ 4 ] CVE-2022-28066 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28066
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-26
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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.
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Severity: High
Title: libarchive: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: August 14, 2022
Bugs: #803128, #836352, #837266
ID: 202208-26
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
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-arch/libarchive < 3.6.1 >= 3.6.1
Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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