MGASA-2016-0179

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    MGASA-2016-0179

    Published: 18 May 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-1541

    Summary: Updated libarchive packages fix CVE-2016-1541

    Details: Updated libarchive packages fix security vulnerability: Heap-based buffer overflow in the zip_read_mac_metadata function in archive_read_support_format_zip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted entry-size values in a ZIP archive (CVE-2016-1541). The libarchive package has been updated to version 3.2.0, fixing this issue and other bugs.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0179.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18420, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/libarchive-announce/qdeGf_DRvN4, https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3574

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libarchive

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libarchive?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.2.0-1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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