CVE-2016-5418

MEDIUM

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

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

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

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/09/2

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

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

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

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

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

https://gist.github.com/anonymous/e48209b03f1dd9625a992717e7b89c4f

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

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/746

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

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2016-09-21

Updated: 2019-12-27

Type: CWE-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 5

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

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 7.5

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

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: HIGH

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3

OR

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

Configuration 4

OR

cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 3.2.0 (inclusive)

Configuration 5

OR

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (24 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
124794EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : libarchive (EulerOS-SA-2019-1470)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
121677Photon OS 1.0: Libarchive PHSA-2017-0010NessusPhotonOS Local Security Checks
high
119381RHEL 7 : Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.2 (RHSA-2016:1853)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
119380RHEL 7 : Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1 (RHSA-2016:1852)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
111859Photon OS 1.0: Binutils / Libarchive / Ntp PHSA-2017-0010 (deprecated)NessusPhotonOS Local Security Checks
high
99808EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : libarchive (EulerOS-SA-2016-1045)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
97660Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 : libarchive vulnerabilities (USN-3225-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
97100Splunk Enterprise < 5.0.17 / 6.0.13 / 6.1.12 / 6.2.13 / 6.3.9 / 6.4.5 / 6.5.2 or Splunk Light < 6.5.2 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusCGI abuses
medium
96234GLSA-201701-03 : libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilitiesNessusGentoo Local Security Checks
high
95718F5 Networks BIG-IP : libarchive vulnerability (K35246595)NessusF5 Networks Local Security Checks
medium
95559openSUSE Security Update : libarchive (openSUSE-2016-1405)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
95558openSUSE Security Update : libarchive (openSUSE-2016-1404)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
95367SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libarchive (SUSE-SU-2016:2911-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
94077Debian DLA-657-1 : libarchive security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
medium
93744Amazon Linux AMI : libarchive (ALAS-2016-743)NessusAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
high
93695Debian DSA-3677-1 : libarchive - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
high
93542CentOS 6 : libarchive (CESA-2016:1850)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
medium
93541CentOS 7 : libarchive (CESA-2016:1844)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
high
93454Scientific Linux Security Update : libarchive on SL7.x x86_64 (20160912)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
high
93453Scientific Linux Security Update : libarchive on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20160912)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
medium
93451RHEL 6 : libarchive (RHSA-2016:1850)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
93450RHEL 7 : libarchive (RHSA-2016:1844)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
93447Oracle Linux 6 : libarchive (ELSA-2016-1850)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
93446Oracle Linux 7 : libarchive (ELSA-2016-1844)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high