Bug 636392 (CVE-2016-10209)

Summary:	<app-arch/libarchive-3.3.1: Denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2016-10209)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot <glsamaker>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor	CC:	bsd+disabled, mgorny
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	B3 [noglsa cve]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

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.