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Debian: DSA-4938-1 Critical: linuxptp Denial Of Service and Code Threat

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Calendar Grey July 13, 2021
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Enhance linuxptp to remediate denial of service vulnerabilities and possible remote code execution threats referenced in Debian DSA-4938-1.
Miroslav Lichvar reported that the ptp4l program in linuxptp, an implementation of the Precision Time Protocol (PTP), does not validate the messageLength field of incoming messages...
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Summary

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.9.2-1+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your linuxptp packages.

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

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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Package: linuxptp
CVE ID: CVE-2021-3570

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