CentOS: (CVE-2015-8924) CESA-2016:1844: libarchive
4
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
09/16/2016
07/25/2018
09/16/2016
05/03/2019
Description
The archive_read_format_tar_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_tar.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted tar file.
Solution(s)
- centos-upgrade-bsdcpio
- centos-upgrade-bsdtar
- centos-upgrade-libarchive
- centos-upgrade-libarchive-devel
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