597114 – <dev-libs/libxml2-2.9.4-r1: null pointer dereference

Bug 597114 - <dev-libs/libxml2-2.9.4-r1: null pointer dereference

Summary: <dev-libs/libxml2-2.9.4-r1: null pointer dereference

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:	https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/...
Whiteboard:	A3 [glsa blocked]
Keywords:

Depends on:	597116
Blocks:
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Reported:	2016-10-14 14:07 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified:	2017-01-16 21:26 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2016-10-14 14:07:28 UTC

From ${URL} :

Fix more NULL pointer derefs in xpointer.c
Found with afl-fuzz.


@maintainer(s): after the bump, in case we need to stabilize the package, please let us know if it is ready for the stabilization or not.

Comment 1 Aaron Bauman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2016-11-19 00:48:02 UTC

Patch not present in 2.9.4 release.  Will need to backport or await upstream inclusion.

Comment 2 Aaron Bauman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2016-11-19 01:02:07 UTC

(In reply to Aaron Bauman from comment #1)
> Patch not present in 2.9.4 release.  Will need to backport or await upstream
> inclusion.

My apologies, but backport is the wrong terminology.  

Patch not present in 2.9.4.  Will require addition in tree or await upstream inclusion.

Comment 3 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2017-01-16 21:26:39 UTC

This issue was resolved and addressed in
 GLSA 201701-37 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
by GLSA coordinator Thomas Deutschmann (whissi).