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LIN7-6890 : Security Advisory - libarchive - CVE-2016-7166

Created: Oct 16, 2016    Updated: Sep 8, 2018
Resolved Date: Oct 20, 2016
Found In Version: 7.0
Fix Version: 7.0.0.21
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 7
Component/s: Userspace

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.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-7166 

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