Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting klibc package, versions <2.0.8-6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-KLIBC-1278424
  • published30 Apr 2021
  • disclosed30 Apr 2021

Introduced: 30 Apr 2021

CVE-2021-31872  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable klibc to version 2.0.8-6 or higher.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in klibc before 2.0.9. Multiple possible integer overflows in the cpio command on 32-bit systems may result in a buffer overflow or other security impact.

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