CVE-2016-4301: Buffer Overflow
First published: Tue Jun 21 2016(Updated: )
An exploitable stack based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the mtree parse_device functionality of libarchive. A specially crafted mtree file can cause a buffer overflow resulting in memory corruption/code execution. An attacker can send a malformed file to trigger this vulnerability. External references: <a href="http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0153/">http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0153/</a> Upstream fix: <a href="https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/a550daeecf6bc689ade371349892ea17b5b97c77">https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/a550daeecf6bc689ade371349892ea17b5b97c77</a>
Credit: cret@cert.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/libarchive | <3.2.1 | 3.2.1 |
| Libarchive Libarchive | <=3.2.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0153/
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/a550daeecf6bc689ade371349892ea17b5b97c77
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348441
- http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91328
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/715
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
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