Description
The sandboxing code in libarchive 3.2.0 and earlier mishandles hardlink archive entries of non-zero data size, which might allow remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive file.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Attack Vector
- network
- Complexity
- low
- Privileges
- none
- User Action
- none
- Scope
- unchanged
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- high
- Availability
- none
- Weaknesses
- CWE-19CWE-20
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- REDHAT
- Published
- 9/21/2016
- Last Modified
- 4/12/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
redhat : enterprise_linux_desktopredhat : enterprise_linux_hpc_noderedhat : enterprise_linux_serverredhat : enterprise_linux_workstationoracle : linuxoracle : linuxredhat : openshiftredhat : openshiftlibarchive : libarchiveredhat : enterprise_linux_desktopredhat : enterprise_linux_hpc_noderedhat : enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eusredhat : enterprise_linux_serverredhat : enterprise_linux_server_ausredhat : enterprise_linux_server_eusredhat : enterprise_linux_workstation
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