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Posted on 31 October 2019
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4557-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
October 31, 2019 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : libarchive
CVE ID : CVE-2019-18408
A use-after-free was found in libarchive, a multi-format archive and
compression library, which could result in denial of service and
potentially the execution of arbitrary code is a malformed archive
is processed.
For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
in version 3.2.2-2+deb9u2.
For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.3.3-4+deb10u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libarchive packages.
For the detailed security status of libarchive please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libarchive
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
