vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2015-8930: Security patch for libarchive (ALAS-2016-743)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Sep 20, 2016 | Sep 27, 2016 | Feb 2, 2018 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 20, 2016
Added
Sep 27, 2016
Modified
Feb 2, 2018
Description
bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an ISO with a directory that is a member of itself.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-libarchive
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