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Ubuntu 19.10, 18.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS: USN-4293-1 Libarchive Security Advisory

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Calendar Grey March 2, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Numerous vulnerabilities resolved in libarchive for Ubuntu versions, impacting critical data security and overall service reliability.
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.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.

(CVE-2019-19221)

It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain archive files.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash resulting in a denial

of service or possibly unspecified other impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 19.10.

(CVE-2020-9308)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu sensitive information libarchive

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.10:
  libarchive13                    3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libarchive13                    3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.6

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libarchive13                    3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4293-1

CVE-2019-19221, CVE-2020-9308

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March 02, 2020

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu sensitive information libarchive

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.6
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8

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