CVE-2016-7166 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory exhaustion using crafted gzip files in libarchive.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-7166?
CVE-2016-7166 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Libarchive Libarchive, published on 21 Sep 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7166?
It affects 9 products.
Products include Libarchive Libarchive, Oracle Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node, Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server and 3 more.
How do I fix CVE-2016-7166?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-7166 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7166 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Libarchive Libarchive
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7166, GHSA-8hwj-j49v-pfwp, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7166.