CVE-2016-4809 (GCVE-0-2016-4809)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-09-21 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:39
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The archive_read_format_cpio_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_cpio.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a CPIO archive with a large symlink.
References
cve@mitre.org http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
cve@mitre.org http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91813 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347084 Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.org https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fd7e0c02 Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.org https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/705 Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91813 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347084 Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fd7e0c02 Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/705 Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
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