vulnerability
Arch Linux: Information disclosure (CVE-2020-27827)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Mar 18, 2021 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Mar 18, 2021
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
A security issue was found in lldpd before version 1.0.8. A packet that contains multiple instances of certain TLVs will cause lldpd to continually allocate memory and leak the old memory. As an example, multiple instances of system name TLV will cause old values to be dropped by the decoding routine.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
Rapid7 Labs
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