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A libbsd security update has been released for Debian GNU/Linux 8 Extended LTS to address an out-of-bounds read.



ELA-367-1 libbsd security update

Package libbsd
Version 0.7.0-2+deb8u2
Related CVEs CVE-2019-20367

An issue has been found in libbsd, a library with utility functions from BSD systems. A non-NUL terminated symbol name in the string table might result in an out-of-bounds read.

For Debian 8 jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 0.7.0-2+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libbsd packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found at: https://deb.freexian.com/extended-lts/

  ELA-367-1 libbsd security update