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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-8687: libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 15, 2017
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the safe_fprintf function in tar/util.c in libarchive 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted non-printable multibyte character in a filename.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-arch-libarchive

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