CVE-2011-1778
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2012-04-13 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
Description
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.
See more information about CVE-2011-1778 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 6.8 |
| Vector String: | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (libarchive) | ELSA-2011-1507 | 2011-12-01 |
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