Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting libarchive-devel package, versions <0:2.8.3-7.el6_8
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed22 Feb 2016
Introduced: 22 Feb 2016
CVE-2016-7166 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Centos:6 libarchive-devel 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-devel package and not the libarchive-devel package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901
- https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7166
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1850