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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2551-1 slirp -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

09 Feb 2021

Affected Packages:

slirp

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-7039, CVE-2020-8608.

More information:

Two issues have been found in slirp, a SLIP/PPP emulator using a dial up shell account.

• CVE-2020-7039

  Due to mismanagement of memory, a heap-based buffer overflow or other out-of-bounds access might happen, which can lead to a DoS or potential execute arbitrary code.

• CVE-2020-8608

  Prevent a buffer overflow vulnerability due to incorrect usage of return values from snprintf.

  For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1:1.0.17-8+deb9u1.

  We recommend that you upgrade your slirp packages.

  For the detailed security status of slirp please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/slirp

  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