glsa-202007-42.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202007-42">
  <title>LHa: Buffer overflow</title>
  <synopsis>LHa has a buffer overflow in its compression utility with
    unspecified impact.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">lha</product>
  <announced>2020-07-27</announced>
  <revised count="1">2020-07-27</revised>
  <bug>572418</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-arch/lha" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">114i_p20201004</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">114i_p20201004</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>LHa is a console-based program for packing and unpacking LHarc archives.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A buffer overflow in LHa’s compression code was discovered which can
      be triggered by a crafted input file.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could send a specially crafted file possibly resulting
      in a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All LHa users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-arch/lha-114i_p20201004"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1925">CVE-2016-1925</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-06-22T20:49:12Z">sam_c</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-07-27T00:53:34Z">sam_c</metadata>
</glsa>