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Debian: DSA-5923-2 Critical Update for Net-Tools Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey May 28, 2025
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Debian Security Notice DSA-5923-3 addresses a vulnerability and memory issues within net-utils. Ensure your software is updated promptly!
The update for net-tools announced in DSA 5923-1 introduced a regression for ifconfig always showing zero value packet counters
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Summary

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.10-0.1+deb12u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your net-tools packages.

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

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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