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Bug 624426 - app-arch/xar: NULL pointer dereference in xar_unserialize (archive.c)
Summary: app-arch/xar: NULL pointer dereference in xar_unserialize (archive.c)
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 624642
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal trivial (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: https://github.com/mackyle/xar/issues/17
Whiteboard: ~4[noglsa cve]
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Reported: 2017-07-10 11:52 UTC by Christopher Díaz Riveros (RETIRED)
Modified: 2018-01-19 20:19 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Christopher Díaz Riveros (RETIRED) gentoo-dev Security 2017-07-10 11:52:18 UTC
References:

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/06/28/xar-null-pointer-dereference-in-xar_unserialize-archive-c/
Comment 1 Christopher Díaz Riveros (RETIRED) gentoo-dev Security 2017-07-21 03:59:01 UTC
Package has no maintainer, CCing maintainer-needed
Comment 2 Michał Górny archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2018-01-19 19:35:10 UTC
Supposedly fixed in 1.8 (according to bug #624642).
Comment 3 Fabian Groffen gentoo-dev 2018-01-19 19:39:37 UTC
Yes the confirming in bug #624642 was done using a Gentoo Linux amd64 box.
Comment 4 Aaron Bauman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2018-01-19 20:19:52 UTC
Same issue reported in duplicate bug.  CVE freed.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 624642 ***