SB2013032807 - Fedora EPEL 5 update for libarchive
Published: March 28, 2013 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013032807
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0211)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Integer signedness error in the archive_write_zip_data function in archive_write_set_format_zip.c in libarchive 3.1.2 and earlier, when running on 64-bit machines, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors, which triggers an improper conversion between unsigned and signed types, leading to a buffer overflow.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.