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CVE-2016-4302 Detail

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_codes function in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a RAR file with a zero-sized dictionary.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  09/21/2016

Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.8 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 1.8

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 v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.8 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1348444 Issue Tracking
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91331 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0154/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/05caadc7eedbef471ac9610809ba683f0c698700 Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/719 Issue Tracking Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-4302
NVD Published Date:
09/21/2016
NVD Last Modified:
11/03/2017