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CVE-2016-6250

Publication date 21 September 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.6 · High

Score breakdown

Integer overflow in the ISO9660 writer in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors related to verifying filename lengths when writing an ISO9660 archive, which trigger a buffer overflow.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libarchive 16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.3
15.10 wily Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.4
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 3.0.3-6ubuntu1.4

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libarchive

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.6 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3225-1
    • libarchive vulnerabilities
    • 9 March 2017

Other references