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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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
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2016-09-21T14:25:29.833
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:57:37.897
Link: CVE-2016-7166
Redhat