| Name | CVE-2016-9888 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2183-1, DLA-740-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libgsf (PTS) | bullseye | 1.14.47-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1.14.47-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 1.14.50-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.14.52-1.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
Fixed by: https://github.com/GNOME/libgsf/commit/95a8351a75758cf10b3bf6abae0b6b461f90d9e5