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Debian: CVE-2015-8917: libarchive -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 30, 2016
Added
Aug 31, 2016
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

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

debian-upgrade-libarchive
Title
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