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CVE-2016-7166

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Date: September 21, 2016

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (15)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7166
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7166
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7166
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-7166

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

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CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2

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