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Red Hat: CVE-2015-8931: Important: libarchive security update (RHSA-2016:1844)

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Red Hat: CVE-2015-8931: Important: libarchive security update (RHSA-2016:1844)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/12/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/21/2016
Modified
01/17/2018

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) get_time_t_max and (2) get_time_t_min functions in archive_read_support_format_mtree.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted mtree file, which triggers undefined behavior.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-bsdcpio
  • redhat-upgrade-bsdtar
  • redhat-upgrade-libarchive
  • redhat-upgrade-libarchive-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-libarchive-devel

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:1909
  • RHSA-2016:1844
  • DLA-554-1
  • DSA-3657
  • 91338
  • USN-3033-1
  • GLSA-201701-03
  • CVE-2015-8931
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