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LIN10-7837 : Security Advisory - libarchive - CVE-2020-21674

Created: Oct 15, 2020    Updated: Dec 7, 2020
Resolved Date: Nov 23, 2020
Found In Version: 10.17.41.1
Fix Version: 10.17.41.23
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 17
Component/s: Userspace

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in archive_string_append_from_wcs() (archive_string.c) in libarchive-3.4.1dev allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write in heap memory resulting into a crash) via a crafted archive file. NOTE: this only affects users who downloaded the development code from GitHub. Users of the product's official releases are unaffected.

CREATE(Triage):(User=admin) [CVE-2020-21674|https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-21674]

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