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CVE-2011-1778

Buffer overflow in libarchive through 2.8.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TAR archive.

CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -

CVSS V2 Severity:
CVSS Score : 6.8
Exploit Score: 8.6
Impact Score: 6.4

CVSS V2 Metrics:
Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Reference:

SECUNIA-48034

APPLE-SA-2012-05-09-1

DSA-2413

RHSA-2011:1507

http://code.google.com/p/libarchive/source/detail?r=3160

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705849


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