The vulnerability of the libarchive library, allowing a hacker to execute arbitrary code

The vulnerability of the libarchive library exists due to the incorrect definition of the compressed file size in the .zip format archive. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to insert arbitrary code into the file header, which will be executed with the privileges of the curren...

[SECURITY] [DSA 3574-1] libarchive security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3574-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso May 10, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 3574-1] libarchive security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3574-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso May 10, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3574-1 (libarchive - security update)

Rock Stevens, Andrew Ruef and Marcin Icewall Noga discovered a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the zipreadmacmetadata function in libarchive, a multi-format archive and compression library, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a user or automated system is tricked into...

DSA-3574-1 libarchive - security update

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Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3574-1)

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CVE-2016-1541

Heap-based buffer overflow in the zipreadmacmetadata function in archivereadsupportformatzip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted entry-size values in a ZIP archive...

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1541

Heap-based buffer overflow in the zipreadmacmetadata function in archivereadsupportformatzip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted entry-size values in a ZIP archive...

ALPINE-CVE-2016-1541

Heap-based buffer overflow in the zipreadmacmetadata function in archivereadsupportformatzip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted entry-size values in a ZIP archive...

CVE-2016-1541

CVE-2016-1541 affects libarchive and describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the function zip_read_mac_metadata (archive_read_support_format_zip.c) in versions before 3.2.0. A crafted ZIP entry-size can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system. The issue is addressed u...

CVE-2016-1541

Heap-based buffer overflow in the zipreadmacmetadata function in archivereadsupportformatzip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted entry-size values in a ZIP archive...

CVE-2016-1541

Heap-based buffer overflow in the zipreadmacmetadata function in archivereadsupportformatzip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted entry-size values in a ZIP archive...

CVE-2016-1541

Heap-based buffer overflow in the zipreadmacmetadata function in archivereadsupportformatzip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted entry-size values in a ZIP archive...

CVE-2016-1541: Improper Input Validation

Heap-based buffer overflow in the zipreadmacmetadata function in archivereadsupportformatzip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted entry-size values in a ZIP archive...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1541

Heap-based buffer overflow in the zipreadmacmetadata function in archivereadsupportformatzip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted entry-size values in a ZIP archive...

libarchive Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

libarchive is a multi-format archive and compression library. A heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in libarchive version 3.1.2. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the current user context by forcing the user to unzip a specially crafted file...

libarchive contains a heap-based buffer overflow due to improper input validation

Overview An attacker may be able to coerce a user into executing arbitrary code in the context of the current user by attempting to unzip a crafted zip file provided by the attacker. Description CWE-20: Improper Input Validation - CVE-2016-1541A crafted zip file can provide an incorrect compresse...

Libarchive zip zip_read_mac_metadata Code Execution Vulnerability

SUMMARY An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the zip archive decompression functionality of libarchive. A specially crafted zip file can cause memory corruption leading to code execution. An attacker can send a malformed file to trigger this vulnerability. TESTED VERSIONS libarchi...

libarchive -- RCE vulnerability

The libarchive project reports: Heap-based buffer overflow in the zipreadmacmetadata function in archivereadsupportformatzip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted entry-size values in a ZIP archive...

PT-2016-1812

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libarchive versions prior to 3.2.0 Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the zip read mac metadata function, which can be exploited by remote attackers via crafted entry-size values in a ZIP archive. This can allo...