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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-8859: musl: Integer overflow

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-8859: musl: Integer overflow

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/13/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
07/28/2020

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the TRE library and musl libc allow attackers to cause memory corruption via a large number of (1) states or (2) tags, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-tre
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-libs-musl

References

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