fkie_cve-2016-4809
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2016-09-21 14:25
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91813Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347084Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fd7e0c02Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/705Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91813Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347084Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fd7e0c02Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/705Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus 7.2
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.2
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.2
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
oracle linux 6
oracle linux 7
libarchive libarchive *


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