CVE-2016-7166

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

libarchive before 3.2.0 does not limit the number of recursive decompressions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted gzip file.

libarchive before 3.2.0 does not limit the number of recursive decompressions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted gzip file.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.5. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 8 years ago

2016-09-21 14:25:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-12-27 16:08:00

Affected Software

RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0

7.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 7.0

7.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS 7.2

7.2

RedHat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0

7.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS 7.2

7.2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS 7.2

7.2

RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0

7.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0

6.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 6.0

6.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0

6.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0

6.0

References

RHSA-2016:1844

Third Party Advisory

RHSA-2016:1850

Third Party Advisory

[oss-security] 20160908 CVE request: libarchive (pre 3.2.0) denial of service with gzip quine

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

[oss-security] 20160908 Re: CVE request: libarchive (pre 3.2.0) denial of service with gzip quine

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

Third Party Advisory

92901

Third Party Advisory

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362

Issue Tracking

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086

Issue Tracking

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0

Issue Tracking, Patch

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

GLSA-201701-03

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