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Debian 8 Jessie DLA-2088-1 Moderate: Libsolv Buffer Over-read

debian lts
Calendar Grey January 30, 2020
Dist Debian Esm H88
A security enhancement for Debian LTS addresses a critical buffer overflow vulnerability linked to the libsolv library. Users are advised to upgrade promptly.
repodata_schema2id in repodata.c in libsolv, a dependency solver library, had a heap-based buffer over-read via a last schema whose length could be less than the length of the inpu...

Summary

For Debian 8 "Jessie", this problem has been fixed in version
0.6.5-1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libsolv 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

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<pre><font face="Courier">Package: libsolv
Version: 0.6.5-1+deb8u1
CVE ID: CVE-2019-20387
Debian Bug: 949611

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