Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-7166: libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities
4
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
09/21/2016
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
10/30/2017
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.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-arch-libarchive
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