CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-8688
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
Description
The mtree bidder in libarchive 3.2.1 does not keep track of line sizes when extending the read-ahead, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, which triggers an invalid read in the (1) detect_form or (2) bid_entry function in libarchive/archive_read_support_format_mtree.c.
Affected configurations
• libarchive libarchive 3.2.1
• opensuse leap 42.2
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00027.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/11 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93781 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-bid_entry-archive_read_support_format_mtree-c/ Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-detect_form-archive_read_support_format_mtree-c/ Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-memory-corruptionunknown-crash-in-bid_entry-archive_read_support_format_mtree-c/ Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-use-after-free-in-bid_entry-archive_read_support_format_mtree-c/ Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-use-after-free-in-detect_form-archive_read_support_format_mtree-c/ Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377923 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/eec077f52bfa2d3f7103b4b74d52572ba8a15aca Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html lists.debian.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00027.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/11 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93781 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-bid_entry-archive_read_support_format_mtree-c/ Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-detect_form-archive_read_support_format_mtree-c/ Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-memory-corruptionunknown-crash-in-bid_entry-archive_read_support_format_mtree-c/ Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-use-after-free-in-bid_entry-archive_read_support_format_mtree-c/ Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-use-after-free-in-detect_form-archive_read_support_format_mtree-c/ Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377923 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/eec077f52bfa2d3f7103b4b74d52572ba8a15aca Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html lists.debian.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry