[Secure-testing-team] Bug#844344: p7zip: CVE-2016-9296: Null pointer dereference (in 7zIn.cpp)

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: p7zip
Version: 16.02+dfsg-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream patch
Forwarded: https://sourceforge.net/p/p7zip/bugs/185/

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for p7zip.

CVE-2016-9296[0]:
Null pointer dereference in 7zIn.cpp

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9296
[1] https://sourceforge.net/p/p7zip/bugs/185/

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore