Bug 1403198 (CVE-2016-9888) - CVE-2016-9888 libgsf: Null pointer dereference in tar_directory_for_file()
Summary: CVE-2016-9888 libgsf: Null pointer dereference in tar_directory_for_file()
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2016-9888
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1403199 1403200
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-12-09 12:09 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:02 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: libgsf 1.14.41
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Last Closed: 2017-04-13 04:30:38 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-12-09 12:09:05 UTC 
An error within the "tar_directory_for_file()" function (gsf-infile-tar.c) in GNOME Structured File Library before 1.14.41 can be exploited to trigger a Null pointer dereference and subsequently cause a crash via a crafted TAR file.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/GNOME/libgsf/commit/95a8351a75758cf10b3bf6abae0b6b461f90d9e5

References:

https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2016-17/
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-12-09 12:09:59 UTC 
Created libgsf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1403199]
Comment 2 Andrej Nemec 2016-12-09 12:10:06 UTC 
Created mingw-libgsf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1403200]
Comment 3 greg.hellings 2017-04-13 04:30:38 UTC 
Closing, as all sub-bugs are resolved already.
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