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FKIE_CVE-2016-5844

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-09-21 14:25 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:50
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Integer overflow in the ISO parser in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ISO file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/23/6Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/24/4Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91808Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036173Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://blog.fuzzing-project.org/48-Out-of-bounds-read-and-signed-integer-overflow-in-libarchive.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1350280Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/3ad08e01b4d253c66ae56414886089684155af22Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/717Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/23/6Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/24/4Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91808Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036173Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/48-Out-of-bounds-read-and-signed-integer-overflow-in-libarchive.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1350280Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/3ad08e01b4d253c66ae56414886089684155af22Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/717Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
libarchive libarchive *
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
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
oracle linux 6
oracle linux 7
oracle solaris 11.3
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