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CentOS: (CVE-2015-8916) CESA-2016:1844: libarchive

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CentOS: (CVE-2015-8916) CESA-2016:1844: libarchive

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/16/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/16/2016
Modified
05/07/2019

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(s)

  • centos-upgrade-bsdcpio
  • centos-upgrade-bsdtar
  • centos-upgrade-libarchive
  • centos-upgrade-libarchive-devel

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