Debian Buster DSA-4942-2 Urgent: Systemd Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
debian
July 20, 2021
The Qualys Research Labs discovered that an attacker-controlled allocation using the alloca() function could result in memory corruption, allowing to crash systemd and hence the en...
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Summary
Details can be found in the Qualys advisory at
https://www.qualys.com/2021/07/20/cve-2021-33910/denial-of-service-systemd.txt
For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in
version 241-7~deb10u8.
We recommend that you upgrade your systemd packages.
For the detailed security status of systemd please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/systemd
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: systemd
CVE ID: CVE-2021-33910
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