Bug 1439703 – CVE-2016-10209 libarchive: NULL pointer dereference in archive_wstring_append_from_mbs function

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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...

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	CVE-2016-10209

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1439704 1439705
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Reported:	2017-04-06 08:15 EDT by Andrej Nemec
Modified:	2017-04-06 08:16 EDT (History)
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-04-06 08:15:12 EDT

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 08:15:49 EDT

Created libarchive tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1439705]


Created libarchive3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-6 [bug 1439704]

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