CVE-2016-7166

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    CVE-2016-7166

    Published: 21 Sept 2016Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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://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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03, 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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v3.1.901a
    v3.1.900a

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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