Security
Security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libarchive, the worst of which could result in denial of service.
| Package | app-arch/libarchive on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 3.7.1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 3.7.1 |
libarchive is a library for manipulating different streaming archive formats, including certain tar variants, several cpio formats, and both BSD and GNU ar variants.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libarchive. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All libarchive users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/libarchive-3.7.1"