CVE-2016-5029 log

Source
Severity Low
Remote No
Type Denial of service
Description
A null pointer dereference vulnerability was found in libdwarf in create_fullest_file_path() function. This is due to corrupted dwarf and the fix detects this corruption and if that null string pointer happens undetected a static string is substituted so readers can notice the situation.
Group Package Affected Fixed Severity Status Ticket
AVG-89 libdwarf 20161021-1 20161124-1 High Fixed
Date Advisory Group Package Severity Type
03 Dec 2016 ASA-201612-4 AVG-89 libdwarf High multiple issues
References
https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/acae971371daa23a19358bc62204007d258fbc5e
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/393