Xapian database corruption on disk full is possible. It doesn't happen in every case as ENOSPC needs to happen on a particular operation during the commit but then not happen on a repeat attempt at that operation. (bdo#1032398) . MGASA-2023-0121 - Updated xapian packages fix security vulnerability Publication date: 31 Mar 2023 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0121.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 8 Xapian database corruption on disk full is possible. It doesn't happen in every case as ENOSPC needs to happen on a particular operation during the commit but then not happen on a repeat attempt at that operation. (bdo#1032398) References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31706 - https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00016.html SRPMS: - 8/core/xapian-1.4.17-1.1.mga8 . Recent xapian updates address a severe database corruption problem that can arise in situations of insufficient disk space.. Mageia, Xapian, Database, Security Update. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Two important bugs were discovered in xapian-core, a search engine library, that led to potential database corruption on disk full, and incorrectly reporting corruption for a database with replication changesets. . - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3355-1
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