CVE-2016-4809
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4809
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4809.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4809
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-09-21T14:25:05.610Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-14T04:40:18.761482Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The archivereadformatcpioreadheader function in archivereadsupportformat_cpio.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a CPIO archive with a large symlink.
- References
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91813
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347084
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fd7e0c02
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/705