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CVE-2016-7166

Disclosure Date: September 21, 2016
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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.

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General Information

Vendors

  • libarchive,
  • oracle,
  • redhat

Products

  • enterprise linux desktop 6.0,
  • enterprise linux desktop 7.0,
  • enterprise linux hpc node 6.0,
  • enterprise linux hpc node 7.0,
  • enterprise linux hpc node eus 7.2,
  • enterprise linux server 6.0,
  • enterprise linux server 7.0,
  • enterprise linux server aus 7.2,
  • enterprise linux server eus 7.2,
  • enterprise linux workstation 6.0,
  • enterprise linux workstation 7.0,
  • libarchive,
  • linux 6,
  • linux 7
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