CVE-2016-4302

Published: 23 June 2016

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.

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 7.8

Status

Package	Release	Status
libarchive Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Needed





	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus)	Released (3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.2)
	Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr)	Released (3.1.2-7ubuntu2.3)
	Patches: Upstream: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/05caadc7eedbef471ac9610809ba683f0c698700 Upstream: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/5e29e82390bccfff514e710c90de8089ab5ef269

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4302
http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.html
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0154/
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3033-1
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Bugs

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/719

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