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Package "klibc"

Name: klibc

Description:

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

  • small utilities built with klibc for early boot
  • minimal libc subset for use with initramfs
  • kernel headers used during the build of klibc
Latest version: 2.0.14-1ubuntu1.1
Release: questing (25.10)
Level: updates
Repository: main

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security main 2.0.14-1ubuntu1.1

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Version: 2.0.14-1ubuntu1.1 2026-01-14 14:07:59 UTC

  klibc (2.0.14-1ubuntu1.1) questing-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Undefined Behavior
    - debian/patches/CVE-2016-9843.patch: Avoid pre-decrement of pointer
      in big-endian CRC calculation.
    - CVE-2016-9843

 -- Bruce Cable <email address hidden> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 13:55:13 +1100
CVE-2016-9843 The crc32_big function in crc32.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving big-endian C


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