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FKIE_CVE-2016-6250

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-09-21 14:25 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:50
Summary
Integer 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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/1Release Notes
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/3Release Notes
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92036Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036431Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347085Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/3014e198Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/files/295073/libarchiveOverflow.txtIssue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/711Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/1Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/3Release Notes
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/92036Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036431Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347085Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/3014e198Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/files/295073/libarchiveOverflow.txtIssue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/711Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
oracle linux 7
libarchive libarchive *

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      "value": "Desbordamiento de entero en el escritor ISO9660 en libarchive en versiones anteriores a 3.2.1 permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (ca\u00edda de aplicaci\u00f3n) o ejecutar c\u00f3digo arbitrario a trav\u00e9s de vectores relacionados con la verificaci\u00f3n de longitudes de nombre de archivo cuando se escribe un archivo ISO9660, lo que desencadena un desbordamiento de b\u00fafer."
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:50:41.637",
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