vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2015-8916: Security patch for libarchive (ALAS-2016-743)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | 2016-09-20 | 2016-09-27 | 2018-02-02 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
2016-09-20
Added
2016-09-27
Modified
2018-02-02
Description
bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 returns a success code without filling the entry when the header is a "split file in multivolume RAR," which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted rar file.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-libarchive
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