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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2019-19221) ELSA-2020-4443: libarchive security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2019-19221) ELSA-2020-4443: libarchive security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/21/2019
Created
11/14/2020
Added
11/12/2020
Modified
11/12/2020

Description

In Libarchive 3.4.0, archive_wstring_append_from_mbs in archive_string.c has an out-of-bounds read because of an incorrect mbrtowc or mbtowc call. For example, bsdtar crashes via a crafted archive.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-bsdtar
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libarchive
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libarchive-devel

References

  • ELSA-2020-4443
  • USN-4293-1
  • CVE-2019-19221

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