CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-7166

Published: Sep 21, 2016 | Modified: Dec 27, 2019
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
3.5 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
3.5 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Enterprise_linux_desktop Redhat 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Enterprise_linux_hpc_node Redhat 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus Redhat 7.2 (including) 7.2 (including)
Enterprise_linux_server Redhat 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Enterprise_linux_server_aus Redhat 7.2 (including) 7.2 (including)
Enterprise_linux_server_eus Redhat 7.2 (including) 7.2 (including)
Enterprise_linux_workstation Redhat 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Libarchive Ubuntu precise *
Libarchive Ubuntu trusty *
Libarchive Ubuntu upstream *
Libarchive Ubuntu xenial *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat libarchive-0:2.8.3-7.el6_8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat libarchive-0:3.1.2-10.el7_2 *

References