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libarchive is an open-source library that provides access to a variety of different file archive formats, and it’s used just about everywhere. Cisco Talos has recently worked with the maintainers of libarchive to patch three rather severe bugs in the library. Because of the number of products that include libarchive in their handling of compressed files, Talos urges all users to patch/upgrade related, vulnerable software.

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Talos Security Intelligence & Research Group