{
  "threat_severity" : "Low",
  "public_date" : "2016-09-15T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "libarchive: heap based buffer overflow in detect_form (archive_read_support_format_mtree.c)",
    "id" : "1377923",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377923"
  },
  "cvss" : {
    "cvss_base_score" : "4.3",
    "cvss_scoring_vector" : "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "status" : "draft"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "4.8",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L",
    "status" : "draft"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-131",
  "details" : [ "The mtree bidder in libarchive 3.2.1 does not keep track of line sizes when extending the read-ahead, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, which triggers an invalid read in the (1) detect_form or (2) bid_entry function in libarchive/archive_read_support_format_mtree.c." ],
  "statement" : "Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.",
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "libarchive",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "libarchive",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8688\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8688" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2016-8688",
  "csaw" : false
}