Mageia alert MGASA-2020-0398 (libuv)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2020-0398: Updated libuv packages a fix security vulnerability
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Sun, 08 Nov 2020 15:15:30 +0100
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Article
MGASA-2020-0398 - Updated libuv packages a fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 08 Nov 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0398.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2020-8252

Description:
The implementation of realpath in libuv before 1.39 incorrectly determined the
buffer size which can result in a buffer overflow if the resolved path is
longer than 256 bytes (CVE-2020-8252).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27403
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4548-1
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-ann...
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8252

SRPMS:
- 7/core/libuv-1.34.2-1.1.mga7