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Debian 9 Stretch DLA-2474-1 Moderate: Musl Infinite Loop Threat

debian lts
Calendar Grey November 30, 2020
Dist Debian Esm H88
Debian LTS DLA-2475-1 addresses a musl vulnerability that could lead to memory overflows. Users should upgrade immediately.
The wcsnrtombs function in all musl libc versions up through 1.2.1 has been found to have multiple bugs in handling of destination buffer size when limiting the input character cou...

Summary

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version
1.1.16-3+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your musl packages.

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

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


Package: musl
Version: 1.1.16-3+deb9u1
CVE ID: CVE-2020-28928
Debian Bug: 975365

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