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Debian: DSA-4859-1 Moderate: Libzstd Race Condition Threat

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Calendar Grey February 20, 2021
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Debian's libzstd package received a crucial update that addresses race condition vulnerabilities, enhancing system security and reliability against unauthorized access or data corruption
It was discovered that zstd, a compression utility, was vulnerable to a race condition: it temporarily exposed, during a very short timeframe, a world-readable version of its input...

Summary

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.3.8+dfsg-3+deb10u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libzstd packages.

For the detailed security status of libzstd please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libzstd

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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