Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.2.2016.740
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-740-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libgsf' package(s) announced via the DLA-740-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libgsf' package(s) announced via the DLA-740-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: It was discovered that there was a null pointer deference exploit in libgsf, a I/O abstraction library for GNOME. An error within the 'tar_directory_for_file()' function could be exploited to trigger a null pointer dereference and subsequently cause a crash via a crafted TAR file. For Debian 7 Wheezy, this issue has been fixed in libgsf version 1.14.21-2.1+deb7u1. We recommend that you upgrade your libgsf packages. Affected Software/OS: 'libgsf' package(s) on Debian 7. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 4.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-9888 BugTraq ID: 94860 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94860 https://github.com/GNOME/libgsf/commit/95a8351a75758cf10b3bf6abae0b6b461f90d9e5 https://secunia.com/advisories/71201/ https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2016-17/ https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00016.html
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