libarchive before 3.2.0 does not limit the number of recursive decompressions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted gzip file.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-09-21T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:50:47.528Z

Reserved: 2016-09-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-7166

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-09-21T14:25:29.833

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:57:37.897

Link: CVE-2016-7166

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-02-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7166 - Bugzilla