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F5 Networks: K50543013: libarchive vulnerability CVE-2017-5601

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F5 Networks: K50543013: libarchive vulnerability CVE-2017-5601

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/27/2017
Created
02/19/2022
Added
02/18/2022
Modified
12/07/2023

Description

An error in the lha_read_file_header_1() function (archive_read_support_format_lha.c) in libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds read memory access and subsequently cause a crash via a specially crafted archive.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

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