CVE-2016-5418

Summary

CVECVE-2016-5418
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-09-21 14:25:00 UTC
Updated2019-12-27 16:08:00 UTC
DescriptionThe sandboxing code in libarchive 3.2.0 and earlier mishandles hardlink archive entries of non-zero data size, which might allow remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20 | CWE-19

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libarchive Libarchive All All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 6 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 7 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 6 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift 3.1 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift 3.2 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift 3.1 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift 3.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Hard links with data can evade sandboxing restrictions · Issue #746 · libarchive/libarchive · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Patch
Oracle Linux Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Fixes for Issue #745 and Issue #746 from Doran Moppert. · libarchive/libarchive@dfd6b54 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
Bug 1362601 – CVE-2016-5418 libarchive: Archive Entry with type 1 (hardlink), but has a non-zero data size file overwrite CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-03) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
oss-security - FreeBSD update components vulns (libarchive, bsdiff, portsnap) MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Technical Description
FreeBSD · GitHub MISC gist.github.com Exploit, Technical Description
libarchive CVE-2016-5418 Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.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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