Bug 1439703 (CVE-2016-10209) - CVE-2016-10209 libarchive: NULL pointer dereference in archive_wstring_append_from_mbs function
Summary: CVE-2016-10209 libarchive: NULL pointer dereference in archive_wstring_append...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2016-10209
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1439704 1439705
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-04-06 12:15 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:09 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: libarchive 3.3.0
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Last Closed: 2017-04-06 12:16:14 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-04-06 12:15:12 UTC
The archive_wstring_append_from_mbs function in archive_string.c in libarchive allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted archive file.

Upstream bug:

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/842

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e8a9de5eaf3b79fc3d990d056343bb52c51c5ba4

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-04-06 12:15:49 UTC
Created libarchive tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1439705]


Created libarchive3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-6 [bug 1439704]

Comment 2 Tomas Hoger 2019-04-10 13:04:33 UTC
In reply to comment #0:
> Upstream patch:
> 
> https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e8a9de5eaf3b79fc3d990d056343bb52c51c5ba4

This is not a patch fixing this problem, this was only indicated in the upstream bug as version that is no longer affected.  This has been fixed in an earlier commit, the following is indicated in the upstream bug:

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/42a3408ac7df1e69bea9ea12b72e14f59f7400c0


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