Resource Exhaustion Affecting uclibc package, versions <1.0.20-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-UCLIBC-524141
  • published24 Mar 2017
  • disclosed24 Mar 2017

Introduced: 24 Mar 2017

CVE-2016-2224  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 uclibc to version 1.0.20-1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

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