{"id":"USN-3225-1","summary":"libarchive vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled hardlink entries when\nextracting archives. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to\noverwrite arbitrary files. (CVE-2016-5418)\n\nChristian Wressnegger, Alwin Maier, and Fabian Yamaguchi discovered that\nlibarchive incorrectly handled filename lengths when writing ISO9660\narchives. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libarchive to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and\nUbuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6250)\n\nAlexander Cherepanov discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled\nrecursive decompressions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue\nto cause libarchive to hang, resulting in a denial of service. This issue\nonly applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2016-7166)\n\nIt was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled non-printable\nmultibyte characters in filenames. A remote attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service.\n(CVE-2016-8687)\n\nIt was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled line sizes when\nextracting certain archives. A remote attacker could possibly use this\nissue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service.\n(CVE-2016-8688)\n\nIt was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled multiple EmptyStream\nattributes when extracting certain 7zip archives. A remote attacker could\npossibly use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial\nof service. (CVE-2016-8689)\n\nJakub Jirasek discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled memory when\nextracting certain archives. A remote attacker could possibly use this\nissue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service.\n(CVE-2017-5601)\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:33:36.386773Z","published":"2017-03-09T18:41:10Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5418","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6250","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7166","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8687","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8688","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8689","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5601"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-5418","CVE-2016-6250","CVE-2016-7166","CVE-2016-8687","CVE-2016-8688","CVE-2016-8689","CVE-2017-5601","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5418","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6250","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7166","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8687","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8688","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8689","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5601"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3225-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5418"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6250"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7166"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8687"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8688"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8689"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5601"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libarchive","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libarchive@3.1.2-7ubuntu2.4?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.2-7ubuntu2.4"}]}],"versions":["3.1.2-5ubuntu1","3.1.2-7ubuntu1","3.1.2-7ubuntu2","3.1.2-7ubuntu2.1","3.1.2-7ubuntu2.2","3.1.2-7ubuntu2.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"bsdcpio","binary_version":"3.1.2-7ubuntu2.4"},{"binary_name":"bsdtar","binary_version":"3.1.2-7ubuntu2.4"},{"binary_name":"libarchive13","binary_version":"3.1.2-7ubuntu2.4"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-5418","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-6250","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-7166","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-8687","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-8688","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-8689","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]},{"id":"CVE-2017-5601","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3225-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"libarchive","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libarchive@3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.3?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.3"}]}],"versions":["3.1.2-11build1","3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.1","3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"bsdcpio","binary_version":"3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.3"},{"binary_name":"bsdtar","binary_version":"3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.3"},{"binary_name":"libarchive13","binary_version":"3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.3"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3225-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-5418","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-6250","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-7166","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-8687","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-8688","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-8689","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2017-5601"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}