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CVE-2016-7166 Detail

Description

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.


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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/2016/09/08/15 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362 Issue Tracking 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086 Issue Tracking 
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0 Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-7166
NVD Published Date:
09/21/2016
NVD Last Modified:
12/27/2019
Source:
MITRE