CVE-2019-10044 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2019-10044: Telegram Desktop before 1.5.12 on Windows, and the Telegram applications for Android, iOS, and Linux, is vulnerable to an IDN homograph attack when displaying messages containing URLs. This occurs because the application produces a clickable link even if (for example) Latin and Cyrillic characters e

Affects 2 Linux releases across 2 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2019-10044 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

telegram-desktop→ fixed in1.8.4-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y telegram-desktop
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

telegram-desktop→ fixed in1.8.4-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y telegram-desktop
```

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