CVE-2016-7166

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.

Date published : 2016-09-21

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html