Vulnerability in Libarchive
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.
EPSS: 0.016 (74.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Libarchive
- Oracle Linux — versions 6, 7
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 7.0, 6.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_hpc_node — versions 7.0, 6.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus — versions 7.2
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 7.0, 6.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_aus — versions 7.2
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_eus — versions 7.2
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_workstation — versions 7.0, 6.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-7166?
- CVE-2016-7166 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libarchive, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-09-21.
- How severe is CVE-2016-7166?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.