MGASA-2016-0084

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    MGASA-2016-0084

    Published: 2 Mar 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-9765

    Summary: Updated xdelta3 packages fix CVE-2014-9765

    Details: Updated xdelta3 package fixes security vulnerability: Stepan Golosunov discovered that xdelta3, a diff utility which works with binary files, is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability within the main_get_appheader function, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code (CVE-2014-9765).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0084.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17713, https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3484

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xdelta3

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/xdelta3?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.0.0-5.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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