CVE-2016-7166
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2016-7166 |
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| State | PUBLIC |
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| Assigner | [email protected] |
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| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
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| Published | 2016-09-21 14:25:00 UTC |
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| Updated | 2019-12-27 16:08:00 UTC |
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| Description | 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. |
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NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
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| oss-security - CVE request: libarchive (pre 3.2.0) denial of service with gzip quine |
MLIST |
www.openwall.com |
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal |
REDHAT |
rhn.redhat.com |
Third Party Advisory |
| Oracle Linux Bulletin - July 2016 |
CONFIRM |
www.oracle.com |
Third Party Advisory |
| Bug 1347086 – CVE-2016-7166 libarchive: Denial of service using a crafted gzip file |
CONFIRM |
bugzilla.redhat.com |
Issue Tracking |
| Red Hat Customer Portal |
REDHAT |
rhn.redhat.com |
Third Party Advisory |
| Possible denial of service using a crafted gzip file · Issue #660 · libarchive/libarchive · GitHub |
CONFIRM |
github.com |
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| 207362 – Crafted gzip archive causes tar(1) to exhaust all your memory |
CONFIRM |
bugs.freebsd.org |
Issue Tracking |
| oss-security - Re: CVE request: libarchive (pre 3.2.0) denial of service with gzip quine |
MLIST |
www.openwall.com |
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-03) — Gentoo security |
GENTOO |
security.gentoo.org |
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| libarchive CVE-2016-7166 Denial Of Service Vulnerability |
BID |
www.securityfocus.com |
Third Party Advisory |
| Fix a potential crash issue discovered by Alexander Cherepanov: · libarchive/libarchive@6e06b1c · GitHub |
CONFIRM |
github.com |
Issue Tracking, Patch |
| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 710502 Gentoo Linux libarchive Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-03)
