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Fedora 29: Security Update for libarchive - Critical Flaw Fixes

Security fix for [CVE-2018-1000877 CVE-2018-1000878 CVE-2018-1000879 CVE-2018-1000880] ---- Applied various flaws from upsteam. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2019-0233ec0ff3 2019-03-25 06:03:54.829859 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : libarchive Product : Fedora 29 Version : 3.3.3 Release : 6.fc29 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-2018-1000877 CVE-2018-1000878 CVE-2018-1000879 CVE-2018-1000880] ---- Applied various flaws from upsteam --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog: * Tue Mar 19 2019 Ondrej Dubaj - 3.3.3-6 - applied various flaws (#1663893) * Tue Mar 19 2019 Ondrej Dubaj - 3.3.3-5 - release bump due to greater version in f28 * Thu Mar 14 2019 Ondrej Dubaj - 3.3.3-3 - applied various flaws (#1672900) * Mon Nov 26 2018 Pavel Raiskup - 3.3.3-2 - fix some covscan issues (rhbz#1602575) - build-requires libzstd-devel (rhbz#1653046) * Tue Oct 23 2018 Pavel Raiskup - 3.3.3-1 - the latest upstream release * Wed Jul 18 2018 Pavel Raiskup - 3.3.2-3 - drop use of %ldconfig_scriptlets --------------------------------------------------------------------------------References: [ 1 ] Bug #1663893 - CVE-2018-1000877 CVE-2018-1000878 CVE-2018-1000879 CVE-2018-1000880 libarchive: various flaws [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1663893 [ 2 ] Bug #1672900- CVE-2019-1000019 CVE-2019-1000020 libarchive: various flaws [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1672900 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2019-0233ec0ff3' 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./ . A security patch for libarchive on Fedora 29 responds to various vulnerabilities, enhancing overall system protection.. libarchive security update, Fedora update, security patch, archive format flaws. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Mar 25, 2019 •Critical Fedora