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Debian: CVE-2019-20398: libyang -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-20398: libyang -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/22/2020
Created
09/21/2023
Added
09/21/2023
Modified
09/21/2023

Description

A NULL pointer dereference is present in libyang before v1.0-r3 in the function lys_extension_instances_free() due to a copy of unresolved extensions in lys_restr_dup(). Applications that use libyang to parse untrusted input yang files may crash.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-libyang

References

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