[Secure-testing-team] Bug#784213: libarchive: crash or infinite loop via malformed cpio archive

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libarchive
Version: 3.1.2-11
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream patch fixed-upstream

Hi,

See [0] for details. Upstrema bug [1] references as well the fixing
commit [2].

 [0] http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/102
 [1] https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/502
 [2] https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e6c9668f3202215ddb71617b41c19b6f05acf008

Regards,
Salvatore