MGASA-2017-0337

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    MGASA-2017-0337

    Published: 10 Sept 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-14166

    Summary: Updated libarchive packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in xml_data() in archive_read_support_format_xar.c (CVE-2017-14166).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0337.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21682, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/06/5

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libarchive

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.2.2-1.4.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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