vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-2981-1 (CVE-2016-1541): libarchive vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | May 7, 2016 | May 17, 2016 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 7, 2016
Added
May 17, 2016
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain entry-size
values in ZIP archives. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 15.10
and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-1541)
It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled memory when
processing certain tar files. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE number
pending)
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-libarchive12ubuntu-upgrade-libarchive13
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