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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting libarchive package, versions <0:2.8.3-7.el6_8

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.26% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-LIBARCHIVE-2133486
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed12 May 2016
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Introduced: 12 May 2016

CVE-2016-4809  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 libarchive to version 0:2.8.3-7.el6_8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libarchive package and not the libarchive package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The archive_read_format_cpio_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_cpio.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a CPIO archive with a large symlink.