CVE-2016-4301 Information

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_device function in archive_read_support_format_mtree.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mtree file.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91328 http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0153/ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348441 https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/a550daeecf6bc689ade371349892ea17b5b97c77 https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/715 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

7.8