vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-5418: Security patch for libarchive (ALAS-2016-743)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Sep 21, 2016 | Sep 27, 2016 | Mar 2, 2020 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Sep 21, 2016
Added
Sep 27, 2016
Modified
Mar 2, 2020
Description
The sandboxing code in libarchive 3.2.0 and earlier mishandles hardlink archive entries of non-zero data size, which might allow remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive file.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-libarchive
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