Mageia 7 MGASA-2020-0398 Critical: Libuv Buffer Overflow
mageia
November 8, 2020
The implementation of realpath in libuv before 1.39 incorrectly determined the buffer size which can result in a buffer overflow if the resolved path is longer than 256 bytes (CVE-...
Summary
The implementation of realpath in libuv before 1.39 incorrectly determined the
buffer size which can result in a buffer overflow if the resolved path is
longer than 256 bytes (CVE-2020-8252).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27403
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4548-1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/GRACEATF77QULUT3WY4JG54X5ZI4OUWO/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8252
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 7/core/libuv-1.34.2-1.1.mga7
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Publication date: 08 Nov 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0398.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-8252
Topics Covered
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