Advisory Published

USN-4437-1: libslirp vulnerability

First published: Mon Jul 27 2020(Updated: )

Ziming Zhang and VictorV discovered that libslirp incorrectly handled replying to certain ICMP echo requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libslirp to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
All of
ubuntu/libslirp0<4.1.0-2ubuntu2.1
4.1.0-2ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the vulnerability ID?

    The vulnerability ID is USN-4437-1.

  • What is the severity of USN-4437-1?

    The severity of USN-4437-1 is not mentioned in the provided information.

  • How does the libslirp vulnerability affect me?

    The libslirp vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by crashing the libslirp library.

  • What is the affected software?

    The affected software is libslirp0 version 4.1.0-2ubuntu2.1 on Ubuntu 20.04.

  • How can I fix the libslirp vulnerability?

    To fix the libslirp vulnerability, update the libslirp0 package to version 4.1.0-2ubuntu2.1 or higher.

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