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update","status":"published","published":"2016-08-30T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-03-09T01:19:52.599375Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:16.199525Z"},{"id":"openSUSE-SU-2024:10127-1","title":"bsdtar-3.2.2-2.1 on GA media","description":"These are all security issues fixed in the bsdtar-3.2.2-2.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.","status":"published","published":"2024-06-15T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-02-04T03:50:16.386861Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:33.135986Z"},{"id":"USN-3033-1","title":"libarchive vulnerabilities","description":"Hanno Böck discovered that libarchive contained multiple security issues\nwhen processing certain malformed archive files. A remote attacker could\nuse this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of\nservice, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-8916, CVE-2015-8917\nCVE-2015-8919, CVE-2015-8920, CVE-2015-8921, CVE-2015-8922, CVE-2015-8923,\nCVE-2015-8924, CVE-2015-8925, CVE-2015-8926, CVE-2015-8928, CVE-2015-8930,\nCVE-2015-8931, CVE-2015-8932, CVE-2015-8933, CVE-2015-8934, CVE-2016-5844)\n\nMarcin \"Icewall\" Noga discovered that libarchive contained multiple\nsecurity issues when processing certain malformed archive files. A remote\nattacker could use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a\ndenial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-4300,\nCVE-2016-4302)\n\nIt was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled memory allocation\nwith large cpio symlinks. A remote attacker could use this issue to\npossibly cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service.\n(CVE-2016-4809)\n","status":"published","published":"2016-07-14T17:55:04Z","modified":"2026-04-22T09:25:41.823081Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:10.303275Z"}]}}