NVD

CVE-2016-7166 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

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.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

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

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM

Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

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/2016/09/08/15	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	NIST

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Change History

9 change records found show changes

Modified Analysis by NIST 9/28/2016 11:24:56 AM

Action

Type

Old Value

New Value

Changed

CPE Configuration

Record truncated, showing 500 of 952 characters.
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Configuration 1
     OR
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Configuration 2
     OR
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2

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Configuration 1
     OR
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_

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

Changed

Reference Type

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901 Third Party Advisory

Modified Analysis by NIST 9/21/2016 4:00:53 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		Record truncated, showing 500 of 952 characters. View Entire Change Record Configuration 1 OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0::::::: 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::::::: Configuration 2 OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.2::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.2::::::: *cpe:2
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Added	CVSS V3		AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Added	CWE		CWE-399
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/2016/09/08/15 No Types Assigned	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18 No Types Assigned	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362 No Types Assigned	https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362 Issue Tracking
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086 Issue Tracking
Changed	Reference Type	https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0 No Types Assigned	https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0 Issue Tracking, Patch
Changed	Reference Type	https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660 No Types Assigned	https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660 Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, Patch

Quick Info

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

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CVE-2016-7166 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by MITRE 5/14/2024 12:05:12 AM

CPE Deprecation Remap by NIST 12/27/2019 11:09:04 AM

CPE Deprecation Remap by NIST 12/27/2019 11:08:55 AM

CVE Modified by MITRE 6/30/2017 9:30:05 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 9/28/2016 11:24:56 AM

CVE Modified by MITRE 9/27/2016 10:01:47 PM

CVE Translated by NIST 9/22/2016 5:45:04 AM

Modified Analysis by NIST 9/21/2016 4:00:53 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 9/21/2016 1:10:25 PM

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