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Ubuntu: USN-3225-1 (CVE-2016-6250): libarchive vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3225-1 (CVE-2016-6250): libarchive vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/21/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/10/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

Integer overflow in the ISO9660 writer in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors related to verifying filename lengths when writing an ISO9660 archive, which trigger a buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

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

References

  • USN-3225-1
  • CVE-2016-6250
  • DLA-554-1
  • DSA-3677

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