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Fedora 30: FEDORA-2019-71b2273a9f Critical Libarchive RAR Reader Fix

Security fix for CVE-2019-18408 RAR reader: fix use after free If read_data_compressed() returns ARCHIVE_FAILED, the caller is allowed to continue with next archive headers. We need to set rar-> start_new_table after the ppmd7_context got freed, otherwise it won't be allocated again.. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2019-71b2273a9f 2020-04-01 02:35:47.694450 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : libarchive Product : Fedora 30 Version : 3.3.3 Release : 7.fc30 URL : http://www.libarchive.org/ Summary : A library for handling streaming archive formats Description : Libarchive is a programming library that can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including most popular tar variants, several cpio formats, and both BSD and GNU ar variants. It can also write shar archives and read ISO9660 CDROM images and ZIP archives. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: Security fix for CVE-2019-18408 RAR reader: fix use after free If read_data_compressed() returns ARCHIVE_FAILED, the caller is allowed to continue with next archive headers. We need to set rar-> start_new_table after the ppmd7_context got freed, otherwise it won't be allocated again. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog: * Mon Nov 18 2019 Ondrej Dubaj - 3.3.3-7 - fixed use after free in rar (#1769980) - fixed zstd test --------------------------------------------------------------------------------References: [ 1 ] Bug #1769980 - CVE-2019-18408 libarchive: use-after-free in archive_read_format_rar_read_data when there is an error in the decompression of an archive entry [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1769980 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thisupdate can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2019-71b2273a9f' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------_______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ . Critical update for Fedora 30's libarchive addresses CVE-2019-18408 to fix RAR reader issues and enhance stability.. Libarchive, Fedora Security, RAR Reader Fix, Software Update. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Mar 31, 2020 •Critical Fedora