FKIE_CVE-2016-4302

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-09-21 14:25 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:47
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_codes function in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a RAR file with a zero-sized dictionary.
References
cret@cert.orghttp://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.orghttp://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1348444Issue Tracking
cret@cert.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.htmlThird Party Advisory
cret@cert.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
cret@cert.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
cret@cert.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
cret@cert.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91331Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cret@cert.orghttp://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0154/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.orghttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/05caadc7eedbef471ac9610809ba683f0c698700Issue Tracking, Patch
cret@cert.orghttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/719Issue Tracking, Patch
cret@cert.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1348444Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91331Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0154/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/05caadc7eedbef471ac9610809ba683f0c698700Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/719Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus 7.2
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.2
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.2
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
libarchive libarchive *
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