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Debian 9: DLA-2414-1 Critical: Fastd Denial Of Service Risk

debian lts
Calendar Grey October 25, 2020
Dist Debian Esm H88
Debian LTS Advisory DLA-2415-2 highlights security concerns in libfoo related to remote code execution. Upgrade is advised to mitigate vulnerabilities.
In fastd, a fast and secure tunnelling daemon, a receive buffer handling problem was discovered which allows a denial of service (memory exhaustion) when receiving packets with an ...
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Summary

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version
18-2+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your fastd packages.

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

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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Package: fastd
Version: 18-2+deb9u1
CVE ID: CVE-2020-27638
Debian Bug: 972521

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