CVE-2020-25016 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2020-25016: A safety violation was discovered in the rgb crate before 0.8.20 for Rust, leading to (for example) dereferencing of arbitrary pointers or disclosure of uninitialized memory. This occurs because structs can be treated as bytes for read and write operations.

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

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2020-25016 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

rust-rgb→ fixed in0.8.36-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y rust-rgb
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

rust-rgb→ fixed in0.8.36-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y rust-rgb
```

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