{"id":"MGASA-2018-0174","aliases":[],"status":"published","title":"Updated sharutils packages fix security vulnerability","description":"It was discovered that unshar from sharutils contained a heap buffer\noverflow flaw that could result in a Denial of Service attack when\nprocessing a shar archive if the archive contains overlong lines.","facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"published":"2018-03-19T12:13:14Z","modified":"2026-04-16T04:26:57Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Mageia:6","package":"sharutils","fixed_in":["4.15.2-2.1.mga6"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Mageia:6","package":"sharutils","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.15.2-2.1.mga6"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0174.html","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22739","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1548018","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/LSTLNKMVXDRS7L32VJ5TIEL4Q4PVSGNE/","tags":["web"]}],"sources":{"osv":[{"id":"MGASA-2018-0174","title":"Updated sharutils packages fix security vulnerability","description":"It was discovered that unshar from sharutils contained a heap buffer\noverflow flaw that could result in a Denial of Service attack when\nprocessing a shar archive if the archive contains overlong lines.\n","status":"published","published":"2018-03-19T12:13:14Z","modified":"2026-04-16T04:26:57.775002Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:40.442238Z"}]}}