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Ubuntu: USN-3033-1 (CVE-2015-8922): libarchive vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3033-1 (CVE-2015-8922): libarchive vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/14/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/14/2016
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

The read_CodersInfo function in archive_read_support_format_7zip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted 7z file, related to the _7z_folder struct.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libarchive12
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libarchive13

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