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CVE-2016-7166

CVE-2016-7166

EPSS 1.6%
libarchive before 3.2.0 does not limit the number of recursive decompressions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted gzip file.
Affected products
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References
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.htmlhttps://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901