CVE-2023-6779 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2023-6779: An off-by-one heap-based buffer overflow was found in the __vsyslog_internal function of the glibc library. This function is called by the syslog and vsyslog functions. This issue occurs when these functions are called with a message bigger than INT_MAX bytes, leading to an incorrect calculation of

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

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2023-6779 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

glibc→ fixed in2.36-9+deb12u4urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glibc
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

glibc→ fixed in2.37-15urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glibc
```

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