vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2015-8923: ELSA-2016-1844: libarchive security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
2016-06-17
Added
2016-09-12
Modified
2024-11-27

Description

The process_extra function in libarchive before 3.2.0 uses the size field and a signed number in an offset, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted zip file.
A vulnerability was found in libarchive. A specially crafted ZIP file could cause a few bytes of application memory in a 256-byte region to be disclosed.

Solution(s)

oracle-linux-upgrade-bsdcpiooracle-linux-upgrade-bsdtaroracle-linux-upgrade-libarchiveoracle-linux-upgrade-libarchive-devel
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