CVE-2016-7166

MEDIUM

Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop < 3.1.901a - Resource Management Error

Title source: rule

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.

References (11)

[Third Party Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html

[Mailing List, 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

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

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

[Issue Tracking] https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0036

EPSS Percentile 58.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-399

Status published

Affected Products (15)

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

libarchive/libarchive < 3.1.901a

redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop

redhat/enterprise_linux_hpc_node

redhat/enterprise_linux_server

redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation

oracle/linux

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Sep 21, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026