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Debian: CVE-2021-40393: gerbv -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2021-40393: gerbv -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/22/2021
Created
12/29/2022
Added
12/29/2022
Modified
12/29/2022

Description

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the RS-274X aperture macro variables handling functionality of Gerbv 2.7.0 and dev (commit b5f1eacd) and the forked version of Gerbv (commit 71493260). A specially-crafted gerber file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-gerbv

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