CVE-2016-7166

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.

• CWE-399

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901Third Party Advisory
• https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362Issue Tracking
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086Issue Tracking
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• 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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901Third Party Advisory
• https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362Issue Tracking
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086Issue Tracking
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

Published

Sep 21, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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