Security advisory

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    "title": "CVE-2016-4301",
    "summary": "Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_device function in archive_read_support_format_mtree.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mtree file.",
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      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348441",
        "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/a550daeecf6bc689ade371349892ea17b5b97c77",
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  "published_at": "2016-09-21T14:25:03.377+00:00"
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