CVE-2016-7166

2016-09-2100:00:00

ubuntu.com

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.01 Low

EPSS

Percentile

83.4%

JSON

libarchive before 3.2.0 does not limit the number of recursive
decompressions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted gzip file.

Bugs

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu12.04noarchlibarchive< 3.0.3-6ubuntu1.4UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlibarchive< 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.4UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchlibarchive< 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.3UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	libarchive	< 3.0.3-6ubuntu1.4	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	libarchive	< 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.4	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	libarchive	< 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.3	UNKNOWN