NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting xar package, versions *
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- published14 Feb 2025
- disclosed10 Jul 2017
Introduced: 10 Jul 2017
CVE-2017-11124 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:13 xar.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xar package and not the xar package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.
libxar.so in xar 1.6.1 has a NULL pointer dereference in the xar_unserialize function in archive.c.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11124
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2S2KRIILUKBJHXDNYJQQX74TFUQRG5ND/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YV6RF6VWM7AFYFTTS7VY5TNH26QUEEFC/
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/06/28/xar-null-pointer-dereference-in-xar_unserialize-archive-c/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2S2KRIILUKBJHXDNYJQQX74TFUQRG5ND/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YV6RF6VWM7AFYFTTS7VY5TNH26QUEEFC/