CVE-2016-5418 Information

Description

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

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/09/2 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93165 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1852 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1853 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362601 https://gist.github.com/anonymous/e48209b03f1dd9625a992717e7b89c4f https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/dfd6b54ce33960e420fb206d8872fb759b577ad9 https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/746 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.5