uclibc: CVE-2021-27419 - integer overflow in both malloc and memalign implementations

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uclibc: CVE-2021-27419 - integer overflow in both malloc and memalign implementations

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From: Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: uclibc: CVE-2021-27419 - integer overflow in both malloc and memalign implementations

Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 09:14:58 +0100

Source: uclibc
Version: 1.0.35-1
Severity: important
Tags: security
X-Debbugs-Cc: codehelp@debian.org, Debian Security Team <team@security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for uclibc.

CVE-2021-27419[0]:
| uClibc-ng versions prior to 1.0.37 are vulnerable to integer wrap-
| around in functions malloc-simple. This improper memory assignment can
| lead to arbitrary memory allocation, resulting in unexpected behavior
| such as a crash or a remote code injection/execution.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-27419
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-27419

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.



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