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Debian: CVE-2020-29394: dlt-daemon -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2020-29394: dlt-daemon -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/30/2020
Created
12/10/2022
Added
12/09/2022
Modified
12/09/2022

Description

A buffer overflow in the dlt_filter_load function in dlt_common.c from dlt-daemon through 2.18.5 (GENIVI Diagnostic Log and Trace) allows arbitrary code execution because fscanf is misused (no limit on the number of characters to be read in the format argument).

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-dlt-daemon

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