Thanks Gustavo - I don't see how an attacker could leverage this since
it is seemingly harmless. I think we should treat it as a normal bug so
I'm making this report public.
** Information type changed from Private Security to Public
** Changed in: libarchive (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
** Changed in: libarchive (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
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