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openSUSE 42.3 Update: openSUSE-SU-2018:3717-1 Moderate libarchive DoS

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Calendar Grey November 10, 2018
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
By tackling six weaknesses, this Fedora patch for libarchive improves both the reliability and protection of the system.
An update that fixes 7 vulnerabilities is now available.

Description

This update for libarchive fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2016-10209: The archive_wstring_append_from_mbs function in

archive_string.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service

(NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted archive

file. (bsc#1032089)

- CVE-2016-10349: The archive_le32dec function in archive_endian.h allowed

remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer

over-read and application crash) via a crafted file. (bsc#1037008)

- CVE-2016-10350: The archive_read_format_cab_read_header function in

archive_read_support_format_cab.c allowed remote attackers to cause a

denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash)

via a crafted file. (bsc#1037009)

- CVE-2017-14166: libarchive allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of

service (xml_data heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via

a crafted xar archive, related to the mishandling...

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security advisory denial of service update threat issue libarchive openSUSE

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-1366=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

bsdtar-3.1.2-20.3.1

bsdtar-debuginfo-3.1.2-20.3.1

libarchive-debugsource-3.1.2-20.3.1

libarchive-devel-3.1.2-20.3.1

libarchive13-3.1.2-20.3.1

libarchive13-debuginfo-3.1.2-20.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

libarchive13-32bit-3.1.2-20.3.1

libarchive13-debuginfo-32bit-3.1.2-20.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10209.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10349.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10350.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14166.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14501.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14502.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14503.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1032089

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1037008

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1037009

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1057514

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1059100

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1059134

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1059139

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:3717-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update threat issue libarchive openSUSE

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