vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-7166: Security patch for libarchive (ALAS-2016-743)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | 2016-09-21 | 2016-09-27 | 2020-03-02 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
2016-09-21
Added
2016-09-27
Modified
2020-03-02
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.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-libarchive
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