Improper Input Validation Affecting libiberty package, versions <20161017-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.62% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LIBIBERTY-516947
  • published7 Feb 2017
  • disclosed7 Feb 2017

Introduced: 7 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-6131  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 libiberty to version 20161017-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libiberty package and not the libiberty package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

The demangler in GNU Libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, stack overflow, and crash) via a cycle in the references of remembered mangled types.