Upstream information

CVE-2016-9888 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 4.3 5
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network Network
Access Complexity Medium Low
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact Partial Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.5
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1014609 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 libgsf Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 libgsf Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS libgsf Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 libgsf Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 libgsf Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5 libgsf Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP5 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 libgsf Ignore
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL libgsf Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP2 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP3 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 libgsf Unsupported
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 libgsf Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 libgsf Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 libgsf Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 libgsf Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 SP2 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS libgsf Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 libgsf Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS libgsf Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 libgsf Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS libgsf Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 libgsf Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS libgsf Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 libgsf Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS libgsf Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS libgsf Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 libgsf Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 libgsf Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 libgsf Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 libgsf Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 libgsf Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 libgsf Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 libgsf Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 libgsf Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP3 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP4 libgsf Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 libgsf Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 libgsf Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 libgsf Won't fix
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 libgsf Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 libgsf Won't fix


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Dec 8 13:15:11 2016
CVE page last modified: Thu Feb 22 16:37:12 2024