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Gentoo GLSA-202309-14 Normal: libarchive Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey September 29, 2023
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several weaknesses in libarchive may result in a denial of service. Promptly update to safeguard your environment.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libarchive, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

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 denial of service Gentoo security issue software update normal severity libarchive

Resolution

All libarchive users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/libarchive-3.7.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2022-36227 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36227

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-14
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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: September 29, 2023
Bugs: #882521, #911486
ID: 202309-14

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo security issue software update normal severity libarchive

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libarchive, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

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 ------------------- ------------ ------------ app-arch/libarchive < 3.7.1 >= 3.7.1

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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