CVE-2016-8688

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
The mtree bidder in libarchive 3.2.1 does not keep track of line sizes when extending the read-ahead, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, which triggers an invalid read in the (1) detect_form or (2) bid_entry function in libarchive/archive_read_support_format_mtree.c.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-8688
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-15T19:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-11-30T11:29:01
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-125 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/eec077f52bfa2d3f7103b4b74d52572ba8a15aca Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377923 Issue Tracking Patch
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-use-after-free-in-detect_form-archive_read_support_format_mtree-c/ Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-use-after-free-in-bid_entry-archive_read_support_format_mtree-c/ Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-memory-corruptionunknown-crash-in-bid_entry-archive_read_support_format_mtree-c/ Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-detect_form-archive_read_support_format_mtree-c/ Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-bid_entry-archive_read_support_format_mtree-c/ Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93781 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/11 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00027.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8688
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8688
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:51:07 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:57:28 2017-02-15T19:59Z 2017-02-15T19:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:57:28 2018-11-30T11:29:01 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:57:28 Modified Vulnerability Status updated