CVE-2016-4809

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-770 — Allocation without Limits9 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
2.5%
top 14.53%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
9
Libarchive LibarchiveOracle LinuxRedhat Enterprise Linux Desktop+6 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 21
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages7 packages

▶Debianlibarchive< 3.2.1-1+3
▶NVDoracle/linux6, 7+1

Also affects: Enterprise Linux 7.2

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-qv34-qvqq-q583: The archive_read_format_cpio_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_cpio↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2016-4809: The archive_read_format_cpio_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_cpio↗2016-09-21
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OSV
CVE-2016-4809: The archive_read_format_cpio_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_cpio↗2016-09-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
libarchive vulnerabilities↗2016-07-14
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Red Hat
libarchive: Memory allocate error with symbolic links in cpio archives↗2016-05-12
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Debian
CVE-2016-4809: libarchive - The archive_read_format_cpio_read_header function in archive_read_support_format...↗2016
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8920 CVE-2015-8921 CVE-2015-8932 CVE-2015-8933 CVE-2016-4809 CVE-2016-5844 CVE-2016-7166 libarchive: various flaws [epel-5]↗2016-07-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4809 libarchive: Memory allocate error with symbolic links in cpio archives↗2016-06-16
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CVE-2016-4809 (HIGH CVSS 7.5) | The archive_read_format_cpio_read_h | cvebase.io