SUSE-SU-2016:2911-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:2911-1

    Published: 25 Nov 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for libarchive

    Details: This update for libarchive fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2016-8687: Buffer overflow when printing a filename (bsc#1005070). - CVE-2016-8689: Heap overflow when reading corrupted 7Zip files (bsc#1005072). - CVE-2016-8688: Use after free because of incorrect calculation in next_line (bsc#1005076). - CVE-2016-5844: Integer overflow in the ISO parser in libarchive allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ISO file (bsc#986566). - CVE-2016-6250: Integer overflow in the ISO9660 writer in libarchive allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors related to verifying filename lengths when writing an ISO9660 archive, which trigger a buffer overflow (bsc#989980). - CVE-2016-5418: The sandboxing code in libarchive mishandled hardlink archive entries of non-zero data size, which might allowed remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive file (bsc#998677).

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libarchive

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/libarchive&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.2-25.1

    Affected versions

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