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Mageia 8: MGASA-2021-0430 Moderate: Libarchive Symlink Handling Issue

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Calendar Grey September 23, 2021
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Enhanced libarchive builds in Mageia 8 fix problems related to symlink handling, ensuring that file attributes are handled with proper security measures.
Fix handling of symbolic link ACLs on Linux

Summary

Fix handling of symbolic link ACLs on Linux. Never follow symlinks when setting file flags on Linux. Do not follow symlinks when processing the fixup list.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29431

- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.5.2

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue symbolic link file management Mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/libarchive-3.5.2-1.mga8

Publication date: 23 Sep 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0430.html
Type: security

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue symbolic link file management Mageia

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