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CVE-2016-5418

high

Description

The sandboxing code in libarchive 3.2.0 and earlier mishandles hardlink archive entries of non-zero data size, which might allow remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive file.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362601

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1853

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1852

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/dfd6b54ce33960e420fb206d8872fb759b577ad9

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93165

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-09-21

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.05224