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From: Sean Amoss <ackle@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201406-02 ] libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2014 15:23:13
Message-Id: 538B4511.9030705@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: June 01, 2014
10 Bugs: #366687, #463632
11 ID: 201406-02
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15 Synopsis
16 ========
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libarchive, some of which
19 may allow execution of arbitrary 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
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 app-arch/libarchive < 3.1.2-r1 >= 3.1.2-r1
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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 A remote attacker could entice a user or automated process to open a
46 specially crafted archive using an application linked against
47 libarchive, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the
48 privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
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50 Workaround
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53 There is no known workaround at this time.
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55 Resolution
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58 All libarchive users should upgrade to the latest version:
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60 # emerge --sync
61 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/libarchive-3.1.2-r1"
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63 Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools
64 such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these
65 packages.
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67 References
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70 [ 1 ] CVE-2010-4666
71 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4666
72 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-1777
73 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1777
74 [ 3 ] CVE-2011-1778
75 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1778
76 [ 4 ] CVE-2011-1779
77 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1779
78 [ 5 ] CVE-2013-0211
79 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0211
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81 Availability
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84 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
85 the Gentoo Security Website:
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87 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-02.xml
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89 Concerns?
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92 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
93 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
94 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
95 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
96 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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98 License
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101 Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
102 belongs to its owner(s).
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104 The contents of this document are licensed under the
105 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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107 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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