Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2016-7166 First vendor Publication 2016-09-21
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 5.5
Base Score 5.5 Environmental Score 5.5
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 5.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7166

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 18
Os 2
Os 2
Os 2
Os 1
Os 2
Os 1
Os 1
Os 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-08-17 Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2017-0010.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-01 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2016-1045.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3225-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-03 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-03.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-28 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2016-743.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-26 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3677.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-16 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2016-1844.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-16 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2016-1850.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-13 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-1844.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-13 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-1850.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-13 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2016-1844.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-13 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2016-1850.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-13 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20160912_libarchive_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-13 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20160912_libarchive_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-12 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-617.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

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/linuxbulletinjul2016-309054...
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901
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/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1...
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
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2016-09-22 05:22:26
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2016-09-21 21:29:45
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