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Package "libgc"

Name: libgc

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This package is just an umbrella for a group of other packages, it has no description.
Description samples from packages in group:

  • conservative garbage collector for C (development)
  • conservative garbage collector for C and C++
Latest version: 1:7.1-8ubuntu0.12.04.3
Release: precise (12.04)
Level: security
Repository: main

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Version: 1:7.1-8ubuntu0.12.04.3 2017-02-15 19:06:49 UTC

  libgc (1:7.1-8ubuntu0.12.04.3) precise-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: multiple integer overflows leading to pointers to
    memory zones smaller than requested size.
    - d/p/CVE-2016-9427-1.patch: Fix calloc_explicitly_typed in case
      of lb*n overflow.
    - d/p/CVE-2016-9427-2.patch: Fix malloc routines to prevent size
      value wrap-around of lb*n overflow.
    - d/p/CVE-2016-9427-3.patch: Fix GC_collect_or_expand to prevent
      allocation size value wrap-around
    - d/p/CVE-2016-9427-test.patch: add test cases
    - CVE-2016-9427

 -- Steve Beattie <email address hidden> Mon, 13 Feb 2017 17:25:55 -0800
Source diff to previous version
CVE-2016-9427 Integer overflow vulnerability in bdwgc before 2016-09-27 allows attackers to cause client of bdwgc denial of service (heap buffer overflow crash) an

Version: 1:7.1-8ubuntu0.12.04.1 2012-08-28 22:07:03 UTC

  libgc (1:7.1-8ubuntu0.12.04.1) precise-security; urgency=low

  * SECURITY UPDATE: multiple integer overflows
    - debian/patches/CVE-2012-2673.patch: check for integer overflow in
      internal malloc and calloc routines.
    - CVE-2012-2673
 -- Steve Beattie <email address hidden> Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:54:10 -0700
CVE-2012-2673 Multiple integer overflows in the (1) GC_generic_malloc and (2) calloc funtions in malloc.c, and the (3) GC_generic_malloc_ignore_off_page function in


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