NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package lrzip  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-LRZIP-325032
  • published8 May 2017
  • disclosed8 May 2017

Introduced: 8 May 2017

CVE-2017-8847  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream lrzip package and not the lrzip package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The bufRead::get() function in libzpaq/libzpaq.h in liblrzip.so in lrzip 0.631 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted archive.