{"id":"MGASA-2016-0179","summary":"Updated libarchive packages fix CVE-2016-1541","details":"Updated libarchive packages fix security vulnerability:\n\nHeap-based buffer overflow in the zip_read_mac_metadata function in\narchive_read_support_format_zip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote\nattackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted entry-size values in a ZIP\narchive (CVE-2016-1541).\n\nThe libarchive package has been updated to version 3.2.0, fixing this issue\nand other bugs.\n","modified":"2026-04-16T01:48:04.642444794Z","published":"2016-05-18T20:14:22Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-1541"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0179.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18420"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/libarchive-announce/qdeGf_DRvN4"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3574"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libarchive","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/libarchive?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.2.0-1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0179.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}