Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2016-5418: libarchive: Archive Entry with type 1 (hardlink), but has a non-zero data size file overwrite
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
09/21/2016
07/25/2018
06/18/2018
05/10/2023
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(s)
- linuxrpm-upgrade-atomic-openshift
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