CVE-2016-4809

The archive_read_format_cpio_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_cpio.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a CPIO archive with a large symlink.

• CWE-20

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91813Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347084Issue Tracking
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fd7e0c02Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/705Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91813Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347084Issue Tracking
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fd7e0c02Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/705Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

Published

Sep 21, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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