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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-8696: Classic Buffer Overflow

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 27, 2020
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Jun 18, 2026

Description

A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.6, Security Update 2019-004 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-004 Sierra. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-cups
Title
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