CVE-2019-14874 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2019-14874: In the __i2b function of the newlib libc library, all versions prior to 3.3.0 (see newlib/libc/stdlib/mprec.c), Balloc is used to allocate a big integer, however no check is performed to verify if the allocation succeeded or not. The access of _ x[0] will trigger a null pointer dereference bug in ca

Affects 3 Linux releases across 6 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2019-14874 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

newlib→ fixed in3.3.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y newlib
```
picolibc→ fixed in1.4.3-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y picolibc
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

newlib→ fixed in3.3.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y newlib
```
picolibc→ fixed in1.4.3-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y picolibc
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

newlib→ fixed in3.3.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y newlib
```
picolibc→ fixed in1.4.3-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y picolibc
```

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