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Debian: CVE-2021-31870: klibc -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2021-31870: klibc -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/30/2021
Created
06/30/2021
Added
06/30/2021
Modified
06/30/2021

Description

An issue was discovered in klibc before 2.0.9. Multiplication in the calloc() function may result in an integer overflow and a subsequent heap buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-klibc

References

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