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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201908-11 ] libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 16:23:43
Message-Id: 20190815155035.GF861995@bubba.lan
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201908-11
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: August 15, 2019
10 Bugs: #631294, #636070
11 ID: 201908-11
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15 Synopsis
16 ========
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libarchive, the worst of
19 which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.
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21 Background
22 ==========
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24 libarchive is a library for manipulating different streaming archive
25 formats, including certain tar variants, several cpio formats, and both
26 BSD and GNU ar variants.
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28 Affected packages
29 =================
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 app-arch/libarchive < 3.3.3 >= 3.3.3
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36 Description
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39 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libarchive. Please
40 review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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42 Impact
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45 Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All libarchive users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/libarchive-3.3.3"
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60 References
61 ==========
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2017-14166
64 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14166
65 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-14501
66 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14501
67 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-14502
68 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14502
69 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-14503
70 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14503
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72 Availability
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75 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
76 the Gentoo Security Website:
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78 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11
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80 Concerns?
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83 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
84 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
85 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
86 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
87 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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89 License
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92 Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
93 belongs to its owner(s).
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95 The contents of this document are licensed under the
96 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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98 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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