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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for slirp (DLA-2551-1)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'slirp' package(s) announced via the DLA-2551-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
Two issues have been found in slirp, a SLIP/PPP emulator using a dial up shell account. CVE-2020-7039 Due to mismanagement of memory, a heap-based buffer overflow or other out-of-bounds access might happen, which can lead to a DoS or potential execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-8608 Prevent a buffer overflow vulnerability due to incorrect usage of return values from snprintf.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'slirp' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1:1.0.17-8+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your slirp packages.