CVE-2016-9888

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, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-740-1
NVD severity	medium (attack range: remote)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
libgsf (PTS)	jessie	1.14.30-2	vulnerable
	stretch	1.14.41-1	fixed
	buster, sid	1.14.44-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
libgsf	source	(unstable)	1.14.41-1	medium
libgsf	source	wheezy	1.14.21-2.1+deb7u1	medium	DLA-740-1

[jessie] - libgsf <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
Fixed by: https://github.com/GNOME/libgsf/commit/95a8351a75758cf10b3bf6abae0b6b461f90d9e5