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Ubuntu: USN-3736-1 (CVE-2017-14501): libarchive vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3736-1 (CVE-2017-14501): libarchive vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/17/2017
Created
03/19/2019
Added
08/15/2018
Modified
05/03/2019

Description

An out-of-bounds read flaw exists in parse_file_info in archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c in libarchive 3.3.2 when extracting a specially crafted iso9660 iso file, related to archive_read_format_iso9660_read_header.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libarchive13

References

  • USN-3736-1
  • DSA-4360
  • CVE-2017-14501

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