libarchive up to 3.1.x Decompression Recursion GZIP File resource management

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A vulnerability was found in libarchive up to 3.1.x (File Compression Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Decompression Recursion Handler. The manipulation as part of a GZIP File leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was shared 09/21/2016 by Alexander Cherepanov (Website). The advisory is available at rhn.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-7166 since 09/08/2016. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93744 (Amazon Linux AMI : libarchive (ALAS-2016-743)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux 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 3.2.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 6 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (93744). The entries 90720, 91353, 91755 and 91756 are related to this item.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 93744
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : libarchive (ALAS-2016-743)
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OpenVAS ID: 15621
OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: alas-2016-743
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Upgrade: libarchive 3.2.0
Patch: github.com

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Advisory: RHSA-2016:1844
Researcher: Alexander Cherepanov
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CVE: CVE-2016-7166 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 92901 - libarchive CVE-2016-7166 Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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Created: 09/22/2016 09:24
Updated: 09/19/2022 14:54
Changes: 09/22/2016 09:24 (68), 04/22/2019 20:24 (14), 09/19/2022 14:54 (5)
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