CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-4809
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-09-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The archive_read_format_cpio_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_cpio.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a CPIO archive with a large symlink.
Affected configurations
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux hpc node 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux hpc node 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux hpc node eus 7.2
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.2
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.2
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
• oracle linux 6
• oracle linux 7
• libarchive libarchive (<= 3.2.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657 www.debian.org
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91813 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347084 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fd7e0c02 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/705 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 security.gentoo.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657 www.debian.org
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91813 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347084 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fd7e0c02 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/705 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 security.gentoo.org