PT-2017-9737 · Libarchive+3 · Libarchive+3

Kientzle · Published 2016-11-25 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-8689

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libarchive version 3.2.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically an out-of-bounds read, by including multiple EmptyStream attributes in a header within a 7zip archive. This is due to a problem in the read Header function in archive read support format 7zip.c.

Recommendations For libarchive version 3.2.1, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as using multiple EmptyStream attributes in a 7zip archive header can lead to a denial of service. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1245

CVE-2016-8689

DLA-1600-1

DLA-661-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10127-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2911-1

USN-3225-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

Libarchive

References · 49

• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/7f17c791dcfd8c0416e2cd2485b19410e47ef126 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5418 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2911-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377925 · Patch
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00027.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-read_header-archive_read_support_format_7zip-c · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8689 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8689 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8689 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8687 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5601 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3225-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8689 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10127-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8689 · Vendor Advisory