Bug 998115 – VUL-1: CVE-2016-7166: libarchive: Denial of service using a crafted gzip file

Bug 998115 - (CVE-2016-7166) VUL-1: CVE-2016-7166: libarchive: Denial of service using a crafted gzip file

(CVE-2016-7166)
Summary:	VUL-1: CVE-2016-7166: libarchive: Denial of service using a crafted gzip file

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Classification:	Novell Products
Product:	SUSE Security Incidents
Classification:	Novell Products
Component:	Incidents
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P4 - Low Severity: Minor
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Assigned To:	Security Team bot
QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/172458/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv2:RedHat:CVE-2016-7166:3.5:(AV:N...
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Reported:	2016-09-09 08:41 UTC by Victor Pereira
Modified:	2019-12-11 16:37 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Victor Pereira 2016-09-09 08:41:35 UTC

rh#1347086

A specially crafted gzip file can cause libarchive to allocate memory
without limit, eventually leading to a crash.

External references:
    https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660

Upstream fix:
    https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89

References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-7166
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q3/454
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-7166.html

Comment 1 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-09-09 22:00:32 UTC

bugbot adjusting priority

Comment 2 Adrian Schröter 2018-10-10 13:37:44 UTC

already done

Comment 3 Alexandros Toptsoglou 2019-12-11 16:37:26 UTC

all done