CVE-2016-4301 (GCVE-0-2016-4301)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-09-21 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:25
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_device function in archive_read_support_format_mtree.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mtree file.
References
cret@cert.org http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.org http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
cret@cert.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91328
cret@cert.org http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0153/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.org https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348441 Issue Tracking
cret@cert.org https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/a550daeecf6bc689ade371349892ea17b5b97c77 Issue Tracking, Patch
cret@cert.org https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/715 Issue Tracking, Patch
cret@cert.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91328
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0153/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348441 Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/a550daeecf6bc689ade371349892ea17b5b97c77 Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/715 Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
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