GCVE-110-MAGEIA-2016-427

Advisory Published

Vulnetix · Advisory published December 29, 2016

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 (CVE-2016-9888).

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Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
Mageia	libgsf	0 (affected), 1.14.31-1.1.mga5 (unaffected)	—

Aliases

CVE-2016-9888

References

Updated libgsf packages fix security vulnerability

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Updated libgsf packages fix security vulnerability

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Updated libgsf packages fix security vulnerability

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