USN-3884-1: libarchive vulnerabilities
libarchive vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in libarchive.
Software Description
- libarchive - Library to read/write archive files
Details
It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain 7zip files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-1000019, CVE-2019-1000020)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- libarchive13 - 3.2.2-5ubuntu0.2
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libarchive13 - 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.3
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libarchive13 - 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.6
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libarchive13 - 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
from Ubuntu Security Notices http://bit.ly/2DYh5pu