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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.891971
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-1971-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libarchive' package(s) announced via the DLA-1971-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libarchive' package(s) announced via the DLA-1971-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
An issue has been found in libarchive, a multi-format archive and compression library.

In case of a crafted archive containing several parts and one part being corrupt, there would be an use-after-free for the next part of the archive.

For Debian 8 Jessie, this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.2-11+deb8u8.

We recommend that you upgrade your libarchive packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'libarchive' package(s) on Debian 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-18408
Bugtraq: 20191104 [SECURITY] [DSA 4557-1] libarchive security update (Google Search)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/2
Debian Security Information: DSA-4557 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4557
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6LZ4VJGTCYEJSDLOEWUUFG6TM4SUPFSY/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-28
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=14689
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/b8592ecba2f9e451e1f5cb7ab6dcee8b8e7b3f60
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/compare/v3.3.3...v3.4.0
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00034.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2020:0203
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0203
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2020:0246
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0246
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2020:0271
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0271
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:2615 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00012.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:2632 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00015.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4169-1/
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