SB2017021313 - Fedora 25 update for diffoscope
Published: February 13, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017021313
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0359)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
diffoscope before 77 writes to arbitrary locations on disk based on the contents of an untrusted archive.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.