Buffer Overflow Affecting inetutils package, versions <2:1.9.4-2+deb9u1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
83.25% (99th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-INETUTILS-564742
- published 7 Mar 2020
- disclosed 6 Mar 2020
Introduced: 6 Mar 2020
CVE-2020-10188 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9
inetutils
to version 2:1.9.4-2+deb9u1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream inetutils
package and not the inetutils
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:9
relevant fixed versions and status.
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