Link Following The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libarchive  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1710-LIBARCHIVE-616894
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed2 Apr 2017

Introduced: 2 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-2390  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:17.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libarchive package and not the libarchive package as distributed by Ubuntu.

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. tvOS before 10.2 is affected. watchOS before 3.2 is affected. The issue involves symlink mishandling in the "libarchive" component. It allows local users to change arbitrary directory permissions via unspecified vectors.