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CVE-2011-1779

Published: 13 April 2012

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libarchive 2.8.4 and 2.8.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) TAR archive or (2) ISO9660 image.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
code is different in 2.8.x

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
libarchive
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Ignored
(end of life)
lucid Not vulnerable
(code not present)
maverick Not vulnerable
(code not present)
natty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
oneiric Not vulnerable
(code not present)
upstream Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: http://code.google.com/p/libarchive/source/detail?r=3038