usn-4293-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-03-02 13:58
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
libarchive vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain archive files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. (CVE-2019-19221)

It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain archive files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash resulting in a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2020-9308)

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  "details": "It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain archive files.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.\n(CVE-2019-19221)\n\nIt was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain archive files.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash resulting in a denial\nof service or possibly unspecified other impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 19.10.\n(CVE-2020-9308)\n",
  "id": "USN-4293-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:38Z",
  "published": "2020-03-02T13:58:55Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4293-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19221"
    },
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    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "libarchive vulnerabilities",
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    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19221",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-9308"
  ]
}



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