CVE-2016-6250

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-6250
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
DescriptionInteger overflow in the ISO9660 writer in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors related to verifying filename lengths when writing an ISO9660 archive, which trigger a buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libarchive Libarchive All All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 7 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 7 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Buffer overflow in libarchive-3.2.0 MLIST www.openwall.com Release Notes
Bug 1347085 – CVE-2016-6250 libarchive: Buffer overflow when writing large iso9660 containers CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Issue 711: Be more careful about verifying filename lengths when wri… · libarchive/libarchive@3014e19 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
Oracle Linux Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
libarchive Integer Overflow in isoent_gen_joliet_identifier() in Processing ISO9660 Archives Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
github.com/libarchive/libarchive/files/295073/libarchiveOverflow.txt MISC github.com Issue Tracking
Integer overflow checking filename size for ISO9660 · Issue #711 · libarchive/libarchive · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
oss-security - Re: Buffer overflow in libarchive-3.2.0 MLIST www.openwall.com Release Notes
libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-03) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
libarchive 'archive_write_set_format_iso9660.c' Integer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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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