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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-9888

medium Nessus Plugin ID 220153

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - 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. (CVE-2016-9888)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-9888

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9888

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 220153

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2016_9888.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9888

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgsf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgsf-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgsf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgsf-devel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgsf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgsf-gnome-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgsf-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgsf-gnome-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgsf-python, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgsf-gnome, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgsf-gnome

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9888