ghsa-8hwj-j49v-pfwp
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:29
Modified
2022-05-13 01:29
Details

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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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-7166"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-09-21T14:25:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-8hwj-j49v-pfwp",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:29:41Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:29:41Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7166"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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