CVE - CVE-2016-4809

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-4809	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:91813 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91813 CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347084 CONFIRM:https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fd7e0c02 CONFIRM:https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/705 DEBIAN:DSA-3657 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657 GENTOO:GLSA-201701-03 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1844 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1850 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20160516	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160516)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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