PT-2016-5882 · Libarchive+5 · Libarchive+5

Andrej Nemec · Published 2016-06-23 · Updated 2017-11-04 · CVE-2016-4302

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 A heap-based buffer overflow issue exists in the parse codes function in archive read support format rar.c, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a RAR file with a zero-sized dictionary.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.2.1, update to version 3.2.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1654

CESA-2016_1844

CVE-2016-4302

DLA-554-1

DSA-3657-1

MGASA-2016-0239

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2036-1

RHSA-2016:1844

RHSA-2016_1844

SUSE-SU-2016:1909-1

USN-3033-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

Libarchive

References · 98

• 🔥 http://talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0154 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.html · Exploit
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/719 · Patch
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/05caadc7eedbef471ac9610809ba683f0c698700 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8920 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0239.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8925 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8924 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-1844.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8928 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4302 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8921 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8922 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:1909-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8917 · Vendor Advisory