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FKIE_CVE-2016-7166

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-09-21 14:25 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:52
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18Mailing List, Third 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/92901Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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
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
oracle linux 6
oracle linux 7
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