CVE-2016-4301
CVE-2016-4301
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Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_device function in archive_read_support_format_mtree.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mtree file.
CVSS 7.8 · High · EPSS 3.7% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
n/a
- Versions
- n/a: Affected
No fix published
libarchive Debian:12
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 3.2.1-1
Update to 3.2.1-1
libarchive Debian:13
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 3.2.1-1
Update to 3.2.1-1
libarchive Debian:14
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 3.2.1-1
Update to 3.2.1-1
Original sources
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91328
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/715
- http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.html
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/a550daeecf6bc689ade371349892ea17b5b97c77
- http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0153/
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348441
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4301