Libarchive · Libarchive · CVE-2016-7166
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
libarchive versions prior to 3.2.0
**Description**
The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in memory consumption and application crash, through a crafted gzip file. This is due to an error in resource management, specifically the lack of limits on the number of nested archives during unpacking.
**Recommendations**
For versions prior to 3.2.0, update to version 3.2.0 or later to resolve the issue.