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Debian: LTS DLA-2083-1 Moderate: Hiredis NULL Pointer Issue

debian lts
Calendar Grey January 29, 2020
Dist Debian Esm H88
Addresses NULL pointer dereferences in hiredis: 0.11.0-4+deb8u1 security patch for Debian LTS.
It was discovered that there were a large number of NULL pointer dereferences due to unchecked return values from malloc and friends in hiredis, a minimalistic C client library
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security advisory security update Debian NULL pointer hiredis C client runtime error

Summary

We recommend that you upgrade your hiredis packages.

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


Regards,

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Package: hiredis
Version: 0.11.0-4+deb8u1
CVE ID: CVE-2020-7105
Debian Bug: #949995

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security advisory security update Debian NULL pointer hiredis C client runtime error

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