CVE-2016-7166

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

Publication date:

21/09/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

4.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:7.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive::::::::		3.1.901a (including)
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:7.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive::::::::		3.1.901a (including)
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:::::::*

CVE-2016-7166

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools