FKIE_CVE-2016-5418
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-09-21 14:25 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:49
Severity
Summary
The 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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 6.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_hpc_node | 6.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 6.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 6.0 | |
| oracle | linux | 6 | |
| oracle | linux | 7 | |
| redhat | openshift | 3.1 | |
| redhat | openshift | 3.2 | |
| libarchive | libarchive | * | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 7.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_hpc_node | 7.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus | 7.2 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 7.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_aus | 7.2 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_eus | 7.2 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 7.0 |
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