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A slirp security update has been released for Debian GNU/Linux 8 LTS.



Package : slirp
Version : 1:1.0.17-7+deb8u2
CVE ID : CVE-2020-8608

It was discovered that there was a buffer overflow vulnerability in
slirp, a SLIP/PPP emulator for using a dial up shell account. This
was caused by the incorrect usage of return values from snprintf(3).

For Debian 8 "Jessie", this issue has been fixed in slirp version
1:1.0.17-7+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your slirp packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS