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Ubuntu: USN-3736-1 (CVE-2016-10209): libarchive vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3736-1 (CVE-2016-10209): libarchive vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/03/2017
Created
03/19/2019
Added
08/15/2018
Modified
05/03/2019

Description

The archive_wstring_append_from_mbs function in archive_string.c in libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted archive file.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libarchive13

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