CVE-2011-1779

Publication date 13 April 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libarchive 2.8.4 and 2.8.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) TAR archive or (2) ISO9660 image.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libarchive 11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

code is different in 2.8.x

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libarchive