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Re: [PATCH 0/1] libarchive: Fix CVE-2016-1541


From: Ludovic Courtès
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] libarchive: Fix CVE-2016-1541
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 15:44:59 +0200
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Leo Famulari <address@hidden> skribis:

> There is a buffer overflow in libarchive, CVE-2016-1541 [0]. According
> to MITRE description, it "allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary
> code via crafted entry-size values in a ZIP archive."
>
> Yikes!
>
> This patch applies the upstream patch [1].
>
> Requesting your review, since soooo many packages depend on libarchive.

LGTM.

> I will follow this commit with an "ungrafting" commit on core-updates.

Cool!

Thank you!

Ludo’.



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