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Unscored USN-3736-1 6 CVEs

libarchive vulnerabilities

Published Aug 13, 2018 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain archive files.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2016-10209, CVE-2016-10349, CVE-2016-10350)

Agostino Sarubbo discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain XAR files.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2017-14166)

It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain files.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to get access to sensitive
information. (CVE-2017-14501, CVE-2017-14503)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS libarchive 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.6
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS libarchive 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.4
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS libarchive 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.1

Vulnerabilities 6

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10209
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10349
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10350
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14166
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14501
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14503