Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2016-10349 is a libarchive crash bug. A specially crafted file can make software using libarchive 3.2.2 read past heap memory and crash. The documented impact is denial of service, not code execution. Business urgency is highest where external users can upload or submit archive files for automated processing. Exposure is most likely in services, desktops, scanners, or pipelines that parse untrusted archive files using vulnerable libarchive builds. The bundle only identifies libarchive 3.2.2 and vendor package updates; it does not prove every downstream application is affected. Schedule remediation as a normal-to-expedited reliability and availability fix. Escalate if internet-facing workflows process archives automatically, because a crafted file could crash affected processing services. Mitigation focus: Apply libarchive security updates from the relevant OS or software vendor.; Prioritize systems that process user-submitted or internet-sourced archives.; Retire or replace unsupported libarchive 3.2.2 deployments..
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Source materials
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- [debian-lts-announce] 20181129 [SECURITY] [DLA 1600-1] libarchive security updateCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- DSA-4360CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- GLSA-201710-19CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- USN-3736-1CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/834CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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