vulnerability
Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2016-5418: libarchive: Archive Entry with type 1 (hardlink), but has a non-zero data size file overwrite
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Sep 21, 2016 | Jun 18, 2018 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Sep 21, 2016
Added
Jun 18, 2018
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
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.
Solution
linuxrpm-upgrade-atomic-openshift
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