{"id":"MGASA-2018-0174","summary":"Updated sharutils packages fix security vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that unshar from sharutils contained a heap buffer\noverflow flaw that could result in a Denial of Service attack when\nprocessing a shar archive if the archive contains overlong lines.\n","modified":"2026-04-16T04:26:57.775002Z","published":"2018-03-19T12:13:14Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0174.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22739"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1548018"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/LSTLNKMVXDRS7L32VJ5TIEL4Q4PVSGNE/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"sharutils","ecosystem":"Mageia:6","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/sharutils?arch=source&distro=mageia-6"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.15.2-2.1.mga6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0174.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}