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
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086 | Issue Tracking |
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html | Third Party Advisory |
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html | Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0 | Issue Tracking Patch |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901 | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362 | Issue Tracking |
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html | Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 |
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Information
Published : 2016-09-21 07:25
Updated : 2019-12-27 08:08
NVD link : CVE-2016-7166
Mitre link : CVE-2016-7166
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux_desktop
- enterprise_linux_hpc_node
- enterprise_linux_server_aus
- enterprise_linux_workstation
- enterprise_linux_server_eus
- enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus
- enterprise_linux_server
libarchive
- libarchive
oracle
- linux