CVE-2016-4302

Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_codes function in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a RAR file with a zero-sized dictionary.

Published: Sep 21, 2016
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2016-4302
Severity: High
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: High
Score: 7.8
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

Severity: Medium
Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

CWE-119

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
redhat / enterprise_linux_desktop	7.0	7.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.2	7.2.x
redhat / enterprise_linux_workstation	7.0	7.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux_server	7.0	7.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux_hpc_node	7.0	7.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux_server_eus	7.2	7.2.x
redhat / enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus	7.2	7.2.x
libarchive / libarchive	-	3.2.0.x

http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.html
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1348444
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91331
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0154/
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/05caadc7eedbef471ac9610809ba683f0c698700
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/719
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

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