CVE-2016-7166

MEDIUM

Description

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

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/2016/09/08/15

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660

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

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2016-09-21

Updated: 2019-12-27

Type: CWE-399

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 4.3

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

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 5.5

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

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Severity: MEDIUM

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 3.1.901a (inclusive)

Configuration 3

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 4

OR

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

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

Tenable Plugins

View all (17 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
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
96234GLSA-201701-03 : libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilitiesNessusGentoo Local Security Checks
high
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
93415Debian DLA-617-1 : libarchive security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
medium