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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2016-8687: libarchive security update

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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2016-8687: libarchive security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/15/2017
Created
09/26/2019
Added
09/25/2019
Modified
09/25/2019

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(s)

  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-libarchive

References

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