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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS USN-3736-1 Moderate: Libarchive Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey August 13, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple vulnerabilities found in libarchive could result in service disruption and potential data leaks. Ensure Ubuntu is updated immediately.
Several security issues were fixed in libarchive.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in libarchive.

Software Description:

- libarchive: Library to read/write archive files

Details:

It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain archive

files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a

denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu

16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-10209, CVE-2016-10349, CVE-2016-10350)

Agostino Sarubbo discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain

XAR files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a

denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu

16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-14166)

It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain files.

A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to get access to

sensitive information. (CVE-2017-14501, CVE-2017-14503)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu information exposure libarchive

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libarchive13                    3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libarchive13                    3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.4

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libarchive13                    3.1.2-7ubuntu2.6

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3736-1

  CVE-2016-10209, CVE-2016-10349, CVE-2016-10350, CVE-2017-14166,

  CVE-2017-14501, CVE-2017-14503

August 13, 2018

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu information exposure libarchive

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/3.1.2-7ubuntu2.6

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