Vulnerability Bulletins |
DSA-3889 libffi - security update |
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| Affected software | Debian |
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libffi, a library used to call code written in one language from code writtenin a different language, was enforcing an executable stack on the i386architecture. While this might not be considered a vulnerability by itself,this could be leveraged when exploiting other vulnerabilities, like for examplethe stack clash class of vulnerabilities discovered by Qualys Research Labs.For the full details, please refer to their advisory published More info: https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3889 |
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