CVE-2016-4301

Summary

CVECVE-2016-4301
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-09-21 14:25:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-01 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionStack-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libarchive Libarchive All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Talos Blog: The Poisoned Archives MISC blog.talosintel.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Bug 1348441 – CVE-2016-4301 libarchive: Stack buffer overflow in the mtree parse_device CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
Cisco Talos - Talos 2016 0153 MISC www.talosintel.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Fix libarchive/archive_read_support_format_mtree.c:1388:11: error: ar… · libarchive/libarchive@a550dae · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-03) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Fix libarchive/archive_read_support_format_mtree.c:1388:11: error: ar… by mfont-ws · Pull Request #715 · libarchive/libarchive · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
Libarchive CVE-2016-4301 Local Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710502 Gentoo Linux libarchive Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-03)
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