CVE-2016-8689 — Out-of-bounds Read in Libarchive

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-228 — Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure13 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.1%
top 21.75%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LibarchiveDebian LibarchiveOpensuse Leap
Timeline
PublishedFeb 15
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The read_Header function in archive_read_support_format_7zip.c in libarchive 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via multiple EmptyStream attributes in a header in a 7zip archive.

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 Packages5 packages

▶debiandebian/libarchive< libarchive 3.2.1-5 (bookworm)
▶Debianlibarchive/libarchive< 3.2.1-5+3
▶Ubuntulibarchive/libarchive< 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.4+1
▶NVDopensuse/leap42.2

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: blogs.gentoo.org ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-55v8-px3p-89m5: The read_Header function in archive_read_support_format_7zip↗2022-05-14
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OSV
libarchive vulnerabilities↗2017-03-09
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OSV
CVE-2016-8689: The read_Header function in archive_read_support_format_7zip↗2017-02-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
libarchive vulnerabilities↗2017-03-09
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Red Hat
libarchive: heap based buffer overflow in read_header (archive_read_support_format_7zip.c)↗2016-09-15
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Debian
CVE-2016-8689: libarchive - The read_Header function in archive_read_support_format_7zip.c in libarchive 3.2...↗2016
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💬Community

6
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8687 CVE-2016-8688 CVE-2016-8689 libarchive: various flaws [epel-5]↗2016-10-17
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Bugzilla
libarchive: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-10-17
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8687 CVE-2016-8688 CVE-2016-8689 libarchive3: various flaws [epel-6]↗2016-10-17
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8687 CVE-2016-8688 CVE-2016-8689 mingw-libarchive: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-10-17
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8689 libarchive: heap based buffer overflow in read_header (archive_read_support_format_7zip.c) [fedora-all]↗2016-09-23
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