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CVE-2016-6762 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2016-6762: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the libziparchive library could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not norm

Affects 1 Linux release across 1 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2016-6762 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • android-platform-system-core→ fixed in1:7.0.0+r1-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y android-platform-system-core
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