QID 671114

Date Published: 2021-11-29

QID 671114: EulerOS Security Update for gc (EulerOS-SA-2019-2526)

The boehm-demers-weiser conservative garbage collector can be used as a garbage collecting replacement for c malloc or c++ new.
Security fix(es): integer overflow vulnerability in bdwgc before 2016-09-27 allows attackers to cause client of bdwgc denial of service (heap buffer overflow crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via huge allocation.(cve-2016-9427)

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An arbitrary attacker may exploit this vulnerability to compromise the system.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

Solution

The Vendor has released a security update to fix the vulnerability. For more information please visit EulerOS-SA-2019-2526 for updates and patch information

Vendor References

EulerOS-SA-2019-2526 - developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2019-2526

CVEs related to QID 671114

CVE-2016-9427 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
EulerOS-SA-2019-2526	EulerOS V2.0SP5		developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2019-2526

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