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Ubuntu: USN-5379-1 (CVE-2021-31872): klibc vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5379-1 (CVE-2021-31872): klibc vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/30/2021
Created
04/21/2022
Added
04/19/2022
Modified
11/15/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in klibc before 2.0.9. Multiple possible integer overflows in the cpio command on 32-bit systems may result in a buffer overflow or other security impact.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-klibc-utils
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libklibc

References

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