CVE-2016-5418

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-09-12

Description

The sandboxing code in libarchive 3.2.0 and earlier mishandleshardlink archive entries of non-zero data size, which might allow remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive file.

See more information about CVE-2016-5418 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.6	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	Requires single instance	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (libarchive)	ELSA-2016-1850	2016-09-12
Oracle Linux version 7 (libarchive)	ELSA-2016-1844	2016-09-12

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