Vulnerability Details CVE-2016-7166
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 47.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.5
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
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
- 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
Products affected by CVE-2016-7166
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:-
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:2.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:2.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:2.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:2.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:2.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:2.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:2.8.1
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:2.8.2
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:2.8.3
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:2.8.4
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:2.8.5
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.0.0a
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.0.1b
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.1.900a
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.1.901a
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cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6
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cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:7.2
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.2
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.2
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0