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Mageia 8 Security Advisory MGASA-2021-0465: Fix for Unsafe strncpy Exploit

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Calendar Grey October 6, 2021
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Security notice regarding Mageia libss7 addressing improper strncpy implementation resolved in latest patch. Discover further information here.
Unsafe use of strncpy

Summary

Unsafe use of strncpy. (rhbz#1932066) References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29493 - https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/7WQQBJ424DJMGRN6HI2OEMSSZ5XBG5ZH/

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29493

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/7WQQBJ424DJMGRN6HI2OEMSSZ5XBG5ZH/

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity exploit fix mageia unsafe strncpy

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/libss7-2.0.1-1.mga8

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Publication date: 06 Oct 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0465.html
Type: security

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity exploit fix mageia unsafe strncpy

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