{"id":"MGASA-2015-0208","aliases":[],"status":"published","title":"Updated libarchive packages fix a security vulnerability","description":"Updated libarchive packages fix security vulnerability:\n\nAn out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way libarchive processed certain\narchives. An attacker could create a specially crafted archive that, when\nprocessed by an application using the libarchive library, would cause that\napplication to crash (rhbz#1216891).","facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"published":"2015-05-11T20:10:38Z","modified":"2026-04-16T04:28:39Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Mageia:4","package":"libarchive","fixed_in":["3.1.2-2.2.mga4"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","package":"libarchive","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.2-2.2.mga4"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0208.html","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15854","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216891","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"osv":[{"id":"MGASA-2015-0208","title":"Updated libarchive packages fix a security vulnerability","description":"Updated libarchive packages fix security vulnerability:\n\nAn out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way libarchive processed certain\narchives. An attacker could create a specially crafted archive that, when\nprocessed by an application using the libarchive library, would cause that\napplication to crash (rhbz#1216891).\n","status":"published","published":"2015-05-11T20:10:38Z","modified":"2026-04-16T04:28:39.718981Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:39.792687Z"}]}}