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Debian 9 DLA-2516-1 Critical: Gssproxy Privilege Separation Issue

debian lts
Calendar Grey January 4, 2021
Dist Debian Esm H88
Enhance gssproxy on Debian 9 to address the privilege isolation vulnerability linked to mutex locking mechanisms. Critical security improvement.
It was discovered that there was an issue in the gssproxy privilege separation caused by gssproxy not unlocking cond_mutex prior to calling pthread_exit

Summary

For Debian 9 "Stretch", this problem has been fixed in version
0.5.1-2+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your gssproxy packages.

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

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: gssproxy
Version: 0.5.1-2+deb9u1
CVE ID: CVE-2020-12658
Debian Bug: #978931

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