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It was discovered that Atop, a monitor tool for system resources and process activity, always tried to connect to the port of atopgpud (an additional daemon gathering GPU statistics not shipped in Debian) while performing insufficient sanitising of the data read from this . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5892-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff April 03, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : atop CVE ID : CVE-2025-31160 It was discovered that Atop, a monitor tool for system resources and process activity, always tried to connect to the port of atopgpud (an additional daemon gathering GPU statistics not shipped in Debian) while performing insufficient sanitising of the data read from this port. With this update, additional validation is added and by default atop no longer tries to connect to the atopgpud daemon port unless explicitly enabled via -k. For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.1-1+deb12u1. We recommend that you upgrade your atop packages. For the detailed security status of atop please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/atop Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Latest security patch improves input verification and turns off standard daemon access. Update advised for optimal system performance.. Atop Security, Debian Update, System Resource Monitoring. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 03, 2025
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