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Debian: CVE-2015-8538: dwarfutils -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Oct 19, 2016
Added
Mar 31, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

dwarf_leb.c in libdwarf allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SIGSEGV).

Solution

debian-upgrade-dwarfutils
Title
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