CVE-2020-5243 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2020-5243: uap-core before 0.7.3 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing crafted User-Agent strings. Some regexes are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service (REDoS) due to overlapping capture groups. This allows remote attackers to overload a server by setting the User-Agent hea

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

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2020-5243 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

uap-core→ fixed in1:0.8.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y uap-core
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

uap-core→ fixed in1:0.8.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y uap-core
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

uap-core→ fixed in1:0.8.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y uap-core
```

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