[Secure-testing-team] Bug#840935: libarchive: CVE-2016-8688: Out of bounds read in mtree parser

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

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

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libarchive.

CVE-2016-8688[0]:
Out of bounds read in mtree parser

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-2016-8688
[1] https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/eec077f52bfa2d3f7103b4b74d52572ba8a15aca

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore