Not a U.S. government website. NDD is an independent vulnerability database by Volerion and is not affiliated with or endorsed by NIST or NVD.

CVE-2016-5418 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

By selecting these links, you will be leaving this site. These are references gathered from the official CVE record and are not endorsed by Volerion.

URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1852	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1853	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362601	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://gist.github.com/anonymous/e48209b03f1dd9625a992717e7b89c4f	CVE	ExploitTechnical Description
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/dfd6b54ce33960e420fb206d8872fb759b577ad9	CVE	Patch
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/746	CVE	ExploitPatch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/09/2	CVE	ExploitTechnical Description
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93165	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1852	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1853	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362601	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://gist.github.com/anonymous/e48209b03f1dd9625a992717e7b89c4f	[email protected]	ExploitTechnical Description
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/dfd6b54ce33960e420fb206d8872fb759b577ad9	[email protected]	Patch
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/746	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/09/2	[email protected]	ExploitTechnical Description
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93165	[email protected]

see all 24 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-19	Data Processing Errors	[email protected]
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
redhat enterprise linux desktop	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux hpc node	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux workstation	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
oracle linux	6 7
CPE cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat openshift	3.1 3.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.1::::enterprise::: cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.2::::enterprise::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
libarchive libarchive	<= 3.2.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux hpc node eus	7.2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:7.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server aus	7.2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server eus	7.2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

13 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 27, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Dec 27, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jul 1, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 28, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 4, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 4, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Sep 28, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 22, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Sep 22, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

CVE-2016-5418 Details

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Products

CPE

Remediation

CPE

Remediation

CPE

Remediation

CPE

Remediation

CPE

Remediation

CPE

Remediation

CPE

Remediation

CPE

Remediation

CPE

Remediation

CPE

Remediation

Change History

QUICK INFO