ISOMAN

CVE

CVE-2016-7166

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.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
Published
Modified

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Oracle Linux7.9 x86_64 server dvdunknownsource
Oracle Linux7.9 x86_64 server bootunknownsource
Oracle Linux7.9 x86_64 server uek-bootunknownsource
Oracle Linux7.9 source source-dvd1unknownsource
Oracle Linux7.9 source source-dvd2unknownsource
Oracle Linux7.8 x86_64 server dvdunknownsource
Oracle Linux7.8 x86_64 server bootunknownsource
Oracle Linux7.8 x86_64 server uek-bootunknownsource
Oracle Linux7.8 source source-dvd1unknownsource
Oracle Linux7.8 source source-dvd2unknownsource
Oracle Linux7.7 x86_64 server dvdunknownsource
Oracle Linux7.7 x86_64 server bootunknownsource
Oracle Linux7.7 x86_64 server uek-bootunknownsource
Oracle Linux7.7 source source-dvd1unknownsource
Oracle Linux7.7 source source-dvd2unknownsource
Oracle Linux6.10 x86_64 server dvdunknownsource
Oracle Linux6.10 x86_64 server bootunknownsource
Oracle Linux6.10 x86_64 server uek-bootunknownsource
Oracle Linux6.10 source source-dvd1unknownsource
Oracle Linux6.10 source source-dvd2unknownsource
Oracle Linux6.9 x86_64 server dvdunknownsource
Oracle Linux6.9 x86_64 server bootunknownsource
Oracle Linux6.9 x86_64 server uek-bootunknownsource
Oracle Linux6.9 source source-dvd1unknownsource
Oracle Linux6.9 source source-dvd2unknownsource
Oracle Linux6.8 x86_64 server dvdunknownsource
Oracle Linux6.8 x86_64 server bootunknownsource
Oracle Linux6.8 x86_64 server uek-bootunknownsource
Oracle Linux6.8 source source-dvd1unknownsource
Oracle Linux6.8 source source-dvd2unknownsource
Oracle Linux7.9 aarch64 server dvdunknownsource
Oracle Linux7.9 aarch64 server uek-bootunknownsource
Oracle Linux7.8 aarch64 server dvdunknownsource
Oracle Linux7.8 aarch64 server uek-bootunknownsource
Oracle Linux7.7 aarch64 server dvdunknownsource
Oracle Linux7.7 aarch64 server uek-bootunknownsource

References

  1. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
  2. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html
  3. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15
  4. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18
  5. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
  6. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901
  7. https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362
  8. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086
  9. https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0
  10. https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660
  11. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
  12. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
  13. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html
  14. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15
  15. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18
  16. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
  17. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901
  18. https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362
  19. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086
  20. https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0