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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in libarchive up to 3.2.0 (File Compression Software). This affects an unknown functionality of the component ISO Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:
Integer overflow in the ISO parser in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ISO file.
The weakness was disclosed 09/21/2016 by Hanno Bock (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at rhn.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-5844 since 06/23/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95367 (SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libarchive (SUSE-SU-2016:2911-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236088 (Red Hat Update for libarchive (RHSA-2016:1850)).
Upgrading to version 3.2.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (95367). The entries 80763, 88027, 90247 and 90422 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3
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VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
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Exploiting
Class: Integer overflowCWE: CWE-190 / CWE-189
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 95367
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libarchive (SUSE-SU-2016:2911-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 15621
OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: alas-2016-743
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: libarchive 3.2.1
Patch: github.com
Timeline
06/23/2016 🔍06/24/2016 🔍
09/21/2016 🔍
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09/22/2016 🔍
11/25/2016 🔍
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09/19/2022 🔍
Sources
Advisory: RHSA-2016:1844Researcher: Hanno Bock
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-5844 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1036173
SecurityFocus: 91808 - libarchive CVE-2016-5844 Denial Of Service Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 09/22/2016 09:23Updated: 09/19/2022 14:35
Changes: 09/22/2016 09:23 (67), 04/22/2019 18:53 (14), 09/19/2022 14:35 (6)
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