vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-3225-1 (CVE-2016-7166): libarchive vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Sep 21, 2016 | Mar 10, 2017 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 21, 2016
Added
Mar 10, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
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.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-libarchive12ubuntu-upgrade-libarchive13
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