[Secure-testing-team] Bug#840934: libarchive: CVE-2016-8689: heap-based buffer overflow in read_Header

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libarchive
Version: 3.1.2-11
Severity: grave
Tags: security upstream patch
Forwarded: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/761

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libarchive.

CVE-2016-8689[0]:
heap-based buffer overflow in read_Header

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8689
[1] https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/761
[2] https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/7f17c791dcfd8c0416e2cd2485b19410e47ef126

Regards,
Salvatore