CVE-2016-7166

Published: 21 September 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.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
libarchive Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Released (3.0.3-6ubuntu1.4)
	trusty	Released (3.1.2-7ubuntu2.4)
	upstream	Released (3.2.0-2)
	xenial	Released (3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.3)
	yakkety	Not vulnerable (3.2.1-2)
	Patches: upstream: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0 upstream: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/37649d274867edd2dd25d8a3057c3b6cd81ce83e

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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