Vulnerability CVE-2016-7166
Published: 2016-09-21

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux hpc node 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux hpc node eus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server aus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server eus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux workstation 
Oracle -> Linux 
Libarchive -> Libarchive 

 References:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
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
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
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