Published: 20/09/2016 Updated: 12/09/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6

CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 2.8

VMScore: 383

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

The process_extra function in libarchive prior to 3.2.0 uses the size field and a signed number in an offset, which allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted zip file.

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novell suse linux enterprise server 12.0
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canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
canonical ubuntu linux 15.10
canonical ubuntu linux 14.04

libarchive could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file ...

A flaw was found in the way libarchive handled hardlink archive entries of non-zero size Combined with flaws in libarchive's file system sandboxing, this issue could cause an application using libarchive to overwrite arbitrary files with arbitrary data from the archive (CVE-2016-5418) Multiple out-of-bounds write flaws were found in libarchive S ...

A vulnerability was found in libarchive A specially crafted ZIP file could cause a few bytes of application memory in a 256-byte region to be disclosed ...

CWE-20 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1 https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/514 https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91309 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/3033-1/https://nvd.nist.gov

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