CVE-2016-7166
Published on: 09/21/2016 12:00:00 AM UTC
Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:27:06 PM UTC
Certain versions of Libarchive from Libarchive contain the following vulnerability:
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.
- CVE-2016-7166 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as MEDIUM severity.
CVSS3 Score: 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
LOCAL | LOW | NONE | REQUIRED | |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
|
UNCHANGED | NONE | NONE | HIGH |
CVSS2 Score: 4.3 - MEDIUM
Access Vector ⓘ |
Access Complexity |
Authentication |
---|---|---|
NETWORK | MEDIUM | NONE |
Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
NONE | NONE | PARTIAL |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
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oss-security - CVE request: libarchive (pre 3.2.0) denial of service with gzip quine | Mailing List Third Party Advisory www.openwall.com text/html |
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Red Hat Customer Portal | Third Party Advisory web.archive.org text/html Inactive LinkNot Archived |
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Oracle Linux Bulletin - July 2016 | Third Party Advisory web.archive.org text/html Inactive LinkNot Archived |
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Bug 1347086 – CVE-2016-7166 libarchive: Denial of service using a crafted gzip file | Issue Tracking bugzilla.redhat.com text/html |
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Red Hat Customer Portal | Third Party Advisory web.archive.org text/html Inactive LinkNot Archived |
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Possible denial of service using a crafted gzip file · Issue #660 · libarchive/libarchive · GitHub | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory github.com text/html |
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207362 – Crafted gzip archive causes tar(1) to exhaust all your memory | Issue Tracking bugs.freebsd.org text/html |
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oss-security - Re: CVE request: libarchive (pre 3.2.0) denial of service with gzip quine | Mailing List Third Party Advisory www.openwall.com text/html |
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libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-03) — Gentoo security | security.gentoo.org text/html |
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libarchive CVE-2016-7166 Denial Of Service Vulnerability | Third Party Advisory cve.report (archive) text/html |
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Fix a potential crash issue discovered by Alexander Cherepanov: · libarchive/[email protected] · GitHub | Issue Tracking Patch github.com text/html |
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There are currently no QIDs associated with this CVE
Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
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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 |
- cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
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