MGASA-2015-0208

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    MGASA-2015-0208

    Published: 11 May 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated libarchive packages fix a security vulnerability

    Details: Updated libarchive packages fix security vulnerability: An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way libarchive processed certain archives. An attacker could create a specially crafted archive that, when processed by an application using the libarchive library, would cause that application to crash (rhbz#1216891).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0208.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15854, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216891

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libarchive

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libarchive?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.2-2.2.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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