Buffer over-read in libarchive - CVE-2016-10349

 

Buffer over-read in libarchive - CVE-2016-10349

Published: November 19, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15951
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10349
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: libarchive
Affected software:
libarchive

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the archive_le32dec function in archive_endian.h in libarchive. A remote attacker can trigger heap-based buffer over-read and application crash via a specially crafted file.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-10349

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources