636392 – (CVE-2016-10209) <app-arch/libarchive-3.3.1: Denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2016-10209)

Bug 636392 (CVE-2016-10209) - <app-arch/libarchive-3.3.1: Denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2016-10209)

Summary: <app-arch/libarchive-3.3.1: Denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2016-10209)

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	CVE-2016-10209

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

Importance:	Normal minor (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

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Whiteboard:	B3 [noglsa cve]
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Reported:	2017-11-03 15:34 UTC by GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot
Modified:	2018-08-14 20:18 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2017-11-03 15:34:03 UTC

CVE-2016-10209 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10209):
  The archive_wstring_append_from_mbs function in archive_string.c in
  libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL
  pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted archive file.

Comment 1 Christopher Díaz Riveros (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-11-03 15:34:49 UTC

@Maintainers please confirm if we are affected by this, in that case, call for stabilization when ready.

Thank you

Comment 2 Michał Górny archtester

2018-01-02 13:17:59 UTC

FWICS the current stable 3.3.1 includes the fix and 3.2* has been cleaned up.

Comment 3 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2018-08-14 20:18:48 UTC

Repository is clean, all done.