MGASA-2020-0253 - Updated libarchive packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 10 Jun 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0253.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-20509

Advisory text to describe the update.
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Updated libarchive packages fix security vulnerability:

archive_read_support_format_lha.c in libarchive before 3.4.1 does not
ensure valid sizes for UTF-16 input, which allows remote attackers to
cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application
crash) via a crafted LHA archive (CVE-2019-20509).

The libarchive package has been updated to version 3.4.3, fixing this
issue and other bugs.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26691
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.4.1
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.4.2
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.4.3
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/6OTE7GWASH2ZOVG5H3HEN5PR6B3KF7JB/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20509

SRPMS:
- 7/core/libarchive-3.4.3-1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0253: libarchive security update

Advisory text to describe the update

Summary

Advisory text to describe the update. Wrap lines at ~75 chars. Updated libarchive packages fix security vulnerability:
archive_read_support_format_lha.c in libarchive before 3.4.1 does not ensure valid sizes for UTF-16 input, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted LHA archive (CVE-2019-20509).
The libarchive package has been updated to version 3.4.3, fixing this issue and other bugs.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26691

- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.4.1

- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.4.2

- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.4.3

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/6OTE7GWASH2ZOVG5H3HEN5PR6B3KF7JB/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20509

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0253 - Updated libarchive packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/libarchive-3.4.3-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 10 Jun 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0253.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-20509

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