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Mageia: 2019-0082 Moderate: radvd Race Condition Leading to Crash

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Calendar Grey February 14, 2019
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Newly released radvd updates address a vulnerability that may cause system instability in Mageia 6 versions. Read more about this advisory for comprehensive insights.
A flaw was found in radvd

Summary

A flaw was found in radvd. In case of misconfiguration a race condition between privsep and main thread occurs. This leads to double-free and crashing of radvd (rhbz#1669297). References:

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24288

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/XANAIFTDQJ74DN3FS7TES2UV4ZYQUBFR/

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory crash flaw misconfiguration radvd Mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 6/core/radvd-2.11-2.1.mga6

Publication date: 14 Feb 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0082.html
Type: security

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory crash flaw misconfiguration radvd Mageia

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