Out-of-Bounds Affecting libbsd package, versions <0.6.0-2ubuntu1+esm1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.59% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-LIBBSD-371228
  • published13 Jan 2017
  • disclosed13 Jan 2017

Introduced: 13 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-2090  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 libbsd to version 0.6.0-2ubuntu1+esm1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libbsd package and not the libbsd package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Off-by-one vulnerability in the fgetwln function in libbsd before 0.8.2 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS Scores

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