vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-4300: Security patch for libarchive (ALAS-2016-743)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | 2016-09-21 | 2016-09-27 | 2018-02-02 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
2016-09-21
Added
2016-09-27
Modified
2018-02-02
Description
Integer overflow in the read_SubStreamsInfo function in archive_read_support_format_7zip.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a 7zip file with a large number of substreams, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-libarchive
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