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libarchive: Memory allocate error with symbolic links in cpio archives

🗓️ 12 Sep 2016 19:54:24Reported by RedHatType 
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A cpio archive with a symbolic link to a huge path can cause memory allocation failure and crash.

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OSOS VersionArchitecturePackagePackage VersionFilename
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6ppclibarchive0:2.8.3-7.el6_8libarchive-0:2.8.3-7.el6_8.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6ppc64libarchive0:2.8.3-7.el6_8libarchive-0:2.8.3-7.el6_8.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6s390libarchive0:2.8.3-7.el6_8libarchive-0:2.8.3-7.el6_8.s390.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6s390xlibarchive0:2.8.3-7.el6_8libarchive-0:2.8.3-7.el6_8.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6x86_64libarchive0:2.8.3-7.el6_8libarchive-0:2.8.3-7.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6anylibarchive0:2.8.3-7.el6_8.i686libarchive-0:2.8.3-7.el6_8.i686.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6ppclibarchive-debuginfo0:2.8.3-7.el6_8libarchive-debuginfo-0:2.8.3-7.el6_8.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6ppc64libarchive-debuginfo0:2.8.3-7.el6_8libarchive-debuginfo-0:2.8.3-7.el6_8.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6s390libarchive-debuginfo0:2.8.3-7.el6_8libarchive-debuginfo-0:2.8.3-7.el6_8.s390.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6s390xlibarchive-debuginfo0:2.8.3-7.el6_8libarchive-debuginfo-0:2.8.3-7.el6_8.s390x.rpm
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