Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.2.2016.617
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-617-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libarchive' package(s) announced via the DLA-617-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libarchive' package(s) announced via the DLA-617-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Several security vulnerabilities have been discovered in libarchive, a multi-format archive and compression library. An attacker could take advantage of these flaws to cause an out of bounds read or a denial of service against an application using the libarchive12 library using a carefully crafted input file. CVE-2015-8915 Paris Zoumpouloglou of Project Zero labs discovered a flaw in libarchive bsdtar. Using a crafted file bsdtar can perform an out-of-bounds memory read which will lead to a SEGFAULT. CVE-2016-7166 Alexander Cherepanov discovered a flaw in libarchive compression handling. Using a crafted gzip file, one can get libarchive to invoke an infinite chain of gzip compressors until all the memory has been exhausted or another resource limit kicks in. For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 3.0.4-3+wheezy3. 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 7. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 4.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-8915 BugTraq ID: 91298 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91298 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/503 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-7166 BugTraq ID: 92901 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1844 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1850 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html
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