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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2016-9888: libgsf security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Dec 8, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2019
Modified
Apr 1, 2026

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.

Solution

huawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-libgsf
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