gsd-2016-7166
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:21
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.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2016-7166


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      "https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7166.html",
      "https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3677",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1850",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1844",
      "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7166",
      "https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2016-7166.html",
      "https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2016-7166.html"
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      "lastModifiedDate": "2019-12-27T16:08Z",
      "publishedDate": "2016-09-21T14:25Z"
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}


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