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Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libbsd package, versions <0.6.0-2ubuntu1+esm1

medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.33% (71st percentile)
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NVD
9.1 critical
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SUSE
9.1 critical

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-LIBBSD-542740
  • published 8 Jan 2020
  • disclosed 8 Jan 2020
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Introduced: 8 Jan 2020

CVE-2019-20367 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-125 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 libbsd to version 0.6.0-2ubuntu1+esm1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libbsd package and not the libbsd package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

nlist.c in libbsd before 0.10.0 has an out-of-bounds read during a comparison for a symbol name from the string table (strtab).

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