NVD - CVE-2016-5418

CVE-2016-5418 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

Description

The sandboxing code in libarchive 3.2.0 and earlier mishandles hardlink archive entries of non-zero data size, which might allow remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive file.

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

Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 3.9

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Insufficient_Info
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized modification

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/09/2	Exploit Technical Description
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93165
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1852	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1853	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362601	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://gist.github.com/anonymous/e48209b03f1dd9625a992717e7b89c4f	Exploit Technical Description
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/dfd6b54ce33960e420fb206d8872fb759b577ad9	Patch
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/746	Exploit Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Data Handling (CWE-19)
Input Validation (CWE-20)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Denotes Vulnerable Software
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Change History

7 change records found - show changes

Modified Analysis - 10/4/2016 11:13:02 AM

Action

Type

Old Value

New Value

Changed

CPE Configuration

Record truncated, showing 500 of 1103 characters. View Entire Change Record

Configuration 1
     OR
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Configuration 2
     OR
          *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
Configuration 3
     OR

Record truncated, showing 500 of 1231 characters. View Entire Change Record

Configuration 1
     OR
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Configuration 2
     OR
          *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Configuration 3
     OR
          *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshif

Changed

Reference Type

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html No Types Assigned

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory

Initial CVE Analysis - 10/4/2016 11:13:00 AM

Action

Type

Old Value

New Value

Changed

CPE Configuration

Record truncated, showing 500 of 1103 characters. View Entire Change Record

Configuration 1
     OR
          *cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
Configuration 2
     OR
          *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
Configuration 3
     OR
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Record truncated, showing 500 of 1231 characters. View Entire Change Record

Configuration 1
     OR
          *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Configuration 2
     OR
          *cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
Configuration 3
     OR
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:e

Changed

Reference Type

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html No Types Assigned

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory

Modified Analysis - 9/22/2016 10:22:00 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		Record truncated, showing 500 of 1103 characters. View Entire Change Record Configuration 1 OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0::::::: Configuration 2 OR cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.2::::enterprise:::* cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.1::::enterprise:::* Configuration 3 OR
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Added	CVSS V3		AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Added	CWE		CWE-19
Added	CWE		CWE-20
Changed	Reference Type	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html No Types Assigned	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html No Types Assigned	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/09/2 No Types Assigned	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/09/2 Technical Description, Exploit
Changed	Reference Type	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1852 No Types Assigned	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1852 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1853 No Types Assigned	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1853 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362601 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362601 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Issue Tracking
Changed	Reference Type	https://gist.github.com/anonymous/e48209b03f1dd9625a992717e7b89c4f No Types Assigned	https://gist.github.com/anonymous/e48209b03f1dd9625a992717e7b89c4f Technical Description, Exploit
Changed	Reference Type	https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/dfd6b54ce33960e420fb206d8872fb759b577ad9 No Types Assigned	https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/dfd6b54ce33960e420fb206d8872fb759b577ad9 Patch
Changed	Reference Type	https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/746 No Types Assigned	https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/746 Exploit, Patch

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-5418
NVD Published Date:
09/21/2016
NVD Last Modified:
06/30/2017

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CVE-2016-5418 Detail

Description

Impact

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Technical Details

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Change History

CVE Modified by MITRE - 6/30/2017 9:29:57 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE - 11/28/2016 3:25:05 PM

Modified Analysis - 10/4/2016 11:13:02 AM

Initial CVE Analysis - 10/4/2016 11:13:00 AM

CVE Modified by Source - 9/27/2016 10:01:36 PM

Modified Analysis - 9/22/2016 10:22:00 AM

Initial CVE Analysis - 9/21/2016 10:09:37 PM

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