vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-3225-1 (CVE-2016-6250): libarchive vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Sep 21, 2016 | Mar 10, 2017 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 21, 2016
Added
Mar 10, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
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.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-libarchive12ubuntu-upgrade-libarchive13
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