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CVE-2016-4301

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Date: September 21, 2016

Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_device function in archive_read_support_format_mtree.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mtree file.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (10)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4301

Url: http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0153/

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

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html

Url: http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91328

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348441

Url: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/a550daeecf6bc689ade371349892ea17b5b97c77

Url: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/715

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-4301

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 3.2.1

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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