CVE-2016-4809

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The archive_read_format_cpio_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_cpio.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a CPIO archive with a large symlink.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91813Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347084Issue Tracking
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fd7e0c02Issue Tracking, Patch
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/705Issue Tracking, Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91813Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347084Issue Tracking
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fd7e0c02Issue Tracking, Patch
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/705Issue Tracking, Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

Timeline

Published: Sep 21, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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