CVE-2016-7166
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7166
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7166.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-7166
- Related
- Published
- 2016-09-21T14:25:29Z
- Modified
- 2024-09-18T02:32:03.509564Z
- Severity
-
- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
-
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660
- https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7166
Affected packages
Debian:11 / libarchive
Package
- Name
- libarchive
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/libarchive?arch=source
Debian:12 / libarchive
Package
- Name
- libarchive
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/libarchive?arch=source
Debian:13 / libarchive
Package
- Name
- libarchive
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/libarchive?arch=source