Debian: CVE-2015-8917: libarchive -- security update
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
08/30/2016
07/25/2018
08/31/2016
03/23/2020
Description
bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an invalid character in the name of a cab file.
Solution(s)
- debian-upgrade-libarchive
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