Bug 1394790 (CVE-2016-9296)

Summary:	CVE-2016-9296 p7zip: Null pointer dereference in 7zIn.cpp
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	matthias, sergio
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Bug Depends On:	1394794, 1394795
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-11-14 13:13:29 UTC

A null pointer dereference vulnerability was found in p7zip. Malformed 7z file could cause the application to crash.

Upstream bug:

https://sourceforge.net/p/p7zip/bugs/185/

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-11-14 13:16:26 UTC

Created p7zip tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1394794]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1394795]

Comment 2 Sergio Basto 2016-12-13 18:27:07 UTC

p7zip 16.02 + more CVE-2016-9296.patch [1] = p7zip 16.02-2 

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https://src.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/p7zip.git/tree/CVE-2016-9296.patch

Comment 3 Tomas Hoger 2016-12-13 20:50:05 UTC

Fixed In Version field here is meant to note fixed upstream version.  Based on your comment 2, it should not note 16.02.  If there is not fixed upstream version yet, it should be left blank.