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Debian: CVE-2019-18874: python-psutil -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 12, 2019
Added
Nov 20, 2019
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

psutil (aka python-psutil) through 5.6.5 can have a double free. This occurs because of refcount mishandling within a while or for loop that converts system data into a Python object.

Solution

debian-upgrade-python-psutil
Title
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