CVE-2018-6551 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2018-6551: The malloc implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6), from version 2.24 to 2.26 on powerpc, and only in version 2.26 on i386, did not properly handle malloc calls with arguments close to SIZE_MAX and could return a pointer to a heap region that is smaller than requested, eventually le

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2018-6551 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

glibc→ fixed in2.27-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glibc
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

glibc→ fixed in2.27-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glibc
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

glibc→ fixed in2.27-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glibc
```

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