MGASA-2017-0201

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0201.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0201.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2017-0201
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Published
2017-07-07T09:17:28Z
Modified
2017-07-07T09:03:20Z
Summary
Updated libffi packages fix security vulnerability
Details

libffi, a library used to call code written in one language from code written in a different language, was enforcing an executable stack on the i386 architecture. While this might not be considered a vulnerability by itself, this could be leveraged when exploiting other vulnerabilities, such as the "stack clash" class of vulnerabilities discovered by Qualys Research Labs.

References
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:5 / libffi

Package

Name
libffi
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/libffi?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1-4.1.mga5

Ecosystem specific 

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