<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201710-19"> <title>libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libarchive, the worst of which could lead to a Denial of Service condition. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">libarchive</product> <announced>2017-10-18</announced> <revised count="1">2017-10-18</revised> <bug>618026</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="app-arch/libarchive" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">3.3.0</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">3.3.0</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>libarchive is a library for manipulating different streaming archive formats, including certain tar variants, several cpio formats, and both BSD and GNU ar variants. </p> </background> <description> <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libarchive. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker, via a specially crafted file, could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All libarchive users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/libarchive-3.3.0" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10349"> CVE-2016-10349 </uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10350"> CVE-2016-10350 </uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-10-15T13:35:50Z">b-man</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-10-18T00:58:52Z">chrisadr</metadata> </glsa>