PT-2016-5881 · Libarchive+2 · Libarchive+2

Mmatuska · Published 2016-06-29 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-4301

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libarchive versions prior to 3.2.1

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow in the parse device function, which can be triggered by a crafted mtree file. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.2.1, update to version 3.2.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the parse device function in archive read support format mtree.c until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1654

CVE-2016-4301

MGASA-2016-0239

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2036-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10127-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1909-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Libarchive

References · 81

• 🔥 http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0153 · Exploit
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/715 · Patch
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/a550daeecf6bc689ade371349892ea17b5b97c77 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4301 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0239.html · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4301 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10127-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:1909-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0239 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4301 · Vendor Advisory