Heap-based buffer overflow in libarchive - CVE-2016-1541

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Heap-based buffer overflow in libarchive - CVE-2016-1541

Published: May 7, 2016 / Updated: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33065
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1541
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Heap-based buffer overflow in the zip_read_mac_metadata function in archive_read_support_format_zip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0. A remote attacker can use crafted entry-size values in a ZIP archive. to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

libarchive
libarchive (Alpine package)
libarchive
Slackware Linux
Fedora
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

How to mitigate CVE-2016-1541

Update to version 3.2.0.

libarchive - update to 3.2.0
libarchive (Alpine package) - update to 3.1.2-r3
libarchive - addressed in versions 3.1.2-14.fc22, 3.1.2-15.fc23, 3.1.2-17.fc24
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager - update to 5.1.5

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