Mageia alert MGASA-2026-0299 (libnfs)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2026-0299: Updated libnfs packages fix a security vulnerability
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Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:04:55 +0200
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Article
MGASA-2026-0299 - Updated libnfs packages fix a security vulnerability

Publication date: 25 Jul 2026
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0299.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 10, 9
CVE: CVE-2026-53689

Description:
The updated packages fix a security vulnerability:
libnfs through 6.0.2 before 55c18ea does not validate a string size,
leading to an integer overflow during a connection to a crafted NFS
server. This occurs in libnfs_zdr_string in lib/libnfs-zdr.c.
(CVE-2026-53689)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35753
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8464-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53689

SRPMS:
- 10/core/libnfs-6.0.2-2.1.mga10
- 9/core/libnfs-5.0.2-1.1.mga9