The sandboxing code in libarchive 3.2.0 and earlier mishandles hardlink archive entries of non-zero data size, which might allow remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive file.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade libarchive | Sep 20, 2017 | Sep 21, 2016 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade libarchive | Sep 27, 2016 | Sep 21, 2016 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade bsdtarUpgrade libarchiveUpgrade bsdcpioUpgrade libarchive-devel | Sep 16, 2016 | Sep 16, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade libarchive | Sep 25, 2016 | Sep 21, 2016 |
| F5 Big Ip | — | Update F5 BIG-IP to the latest version | Jun 17, 2026 | Dec 8, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-arch/libarchive. | Oct 30, 2017 | Sep 21, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade libarchive | Nov 30, 2017 | Sep 21, 2016 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade libarchiveUpgrade bsdtarUpgrade libarchive-develUpgrade bsdcpio | Sep 12, 2016 | Sep 12, 2016 |
| Redhat Openshift | — | Upgrade heapsterUpgrade openshift-ansibleUpgrade atomic-openshift | Jun 18, 2018 | Sep 12, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade libarchiveUpgrade libarchive-debuginfoUpgrade bsdcpioUpgrade bsdtarUpgrade libarchive-devel | Oct 21, 2016 | Sep 12, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libarchive13Upgrade bsdtarUpgrade libarchive-devel | Nov 25, 2016 | Sep 21, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libarchive12Upgrade libarchive13 | Mar 10, 2017 | Sep 21, 2016 |
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