CVE-2016-1541 Information

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the zip_read_mac_metadata function in archive_read_support_format_zip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted entry-size values in a ZIP archive.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00003.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00090.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3574 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/862384 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89355 http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.352685 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2981-1 https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/d0331e8e5b05b475f20b1f3101fe1ad772d7e7e7 https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/656 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8