CVE-2016-5418

CWE-19CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-22 — Path Traversal12 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
5.2%
top 10.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
10
Libarchive LibarchiveOracle LinuxRedhat Enterprise Linux Desktop+7 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 21
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The sandboxing code in libarchive 3.2.0 and earlier mishandles hardlink archive entries of non-zero data size, which might allow remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive file.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages9 packages

▶Debianlibarchive< 3.2.1-4+3
▶Ubuntulibarchive< 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.4+1
▶NVDoracle/linux6, 7+1
▶NVDredhat/openshift3.1, 3.2+1

Also affects: Enterprise Linux 7.2

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-88p3-99rj-qvrx: The sandboxing code in libarchive 3↗2022-05-13
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OSV
libarchive vulnerabilities↗2017-03-09
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CVEList
CVE-2016-5418: The sandboxing code in libarchive 3↗2016-09-21
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OSV
CVE-2016-5418: The sandboxing code in libarchive 3↗2016-09-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
libarchive vulnerabilities↗2017-03-09
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Red Hat
libarchive: Archive Entry with type 1 (hardlink), but has a non-zero data size file overwrite↗2016-09-12
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Debian
CVE-2016-5418: libarchive - The sandboxing code in libarchive 3.2.0 and earlier mishandles hardlink archive ...↗2016
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5418 libarchive3: libarchive: Archive Entry with type 1 (hardlink), but has a non-zero data size file overwrite [epel-6]↗2016-09-12
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5418 libarchive: Archive Entry with type 1 (hardlink), but has a non-zero data size file overwrite [epel-5]↗2016-09-12
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5418 libarchive: Archive Entry with type 1 (hardlink), but has a non-zero data size file overwrite [fedora-all]↗2016-09-12
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5418 libarchive: Archive Entry with type 1 (hardlink), but has a non-zero data size file overwrite↗2016-08-02
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CVE-2016-5418 (HIGH CVSS 7.5) | The sandboxing code in libarchive 3 | cvebase.io