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Ubuntu: USN-3859-1 (CVE-2017-14502): libarchive vulnerabilities
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Sep 17, 2017 | Jan 24, 2019 | Apr 25, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 17, 2017
Added
Jan 24, 2019
Modified
Apr 25, 2025
Description
It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain archive files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
CVE-2018-1000880 affected only Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10.
(CVE-2018-1000877, CVE-2018-1000878, CVE-2018-1000880)
It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain archive files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2017-14502)
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-libarchive13

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