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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201710-19 ] libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 01:01:02
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201710-19
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: October 18, 2017
10 Bugs: #618026
11 ID: 201710-19
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libarchive, the worst of
19 which could lead to a Denial of Service condition.
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21 Background
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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 < 3.3.0 >= 3.3.0
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36 Description
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39 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libarchive. Please
40 review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
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42 Impact
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45 A remote attacker, via a specially crafted file, could possibly cause a
46 Denial of Service condition.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All libarchive users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/libarchive-3.3.0"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CVE-2016-10349
65 https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10349
66 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-10350
67 https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10350
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69 Availability
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72 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
73 the Gentoo Security Website:
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75 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-19
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77 Concerns?
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80 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
81 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
82 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
83 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
84 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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86 License
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89 Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
90 belongs to its owner(s).
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92 The contents of this document are licensed under the
93 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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95 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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