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Mageia 7: MGASA-2021-0051 Moderate: Blosc Buffer Overflow

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the blosc library. Depending on how the library is used, if there is a lack of space to write compressed data, an attacker might exploit this flaw to crash the program or potentially execute arbitrary code (CVE-2020-29367). . MGASA-2021-0051 - Updated blosc packages fix a security vulnerability Publication date: 22 Jan 2021 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0051.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 7 CVE: CVE-2020-29367 A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the blosc library. Depending on how the library is used, if there is a lack of space to write compressed data, an attacker might exploit this flaw to crash the program or potentially execute arbitrary code (CVE-2020-29367). References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27953 - - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-29367 SRPMS: - 7/core/blosc-1.20.1-1.mga7 . Mageia has released security advisory MGASA-2021-0051, which highlights a critical buffer overflow vulnerability found in the blosc library, specifically impacting version 7.. blosc vulnerability, buffer overflow, arbitrary code execution, Mageia security. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jan 22, 2021 Mageia