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A lldpd security update has been released for Fedora 38.



SECURITY: Fedora 38 Update: lldpd-1.0.16-1.fc38


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2023-88991d2713
2023-04-19 01:38:17.099647
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Name : lldpd
Product : Fedora 38
Version : 1.0.16
Release : 1.fc38
URL :   https://github.com/lldpd/
Summary : ISC-licensed implementation of LLDP
Description :
LLDP is an industry standard protocol designed to supplant proprietary
Link-Layer protocols such as EDP or CDP. The goal of LLDP is to provide
an inter-vendor compatible mechanism to deliver Link-Layer notifications
to adjacent network devices.

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Update Information:

Update to the latest 1.0.16: * Lots of updates, enhancements and fixes from
1.0.4 * CVEs: CVE-2020-27827, CVE-2021-43612
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Apr 11 2023 Peter Robinson - 1.0.16-1
- Update to 1.0.16
- Modernise spec file
- CVEs: CVE-2020-27827, CVE-2020-27827, CVE-2021-43612
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #1797336 - lldpd-1.0.16 is available
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1797336
[ 2 ] Bug #1921441 - CVE-2020-27827 lldpd: lldp/openvswitch: denial of service via externally triggered memory leak [fedora-all]
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1921441
[ 3 ] Bug #2040390 - CVE-2021-43612 lldpd: heap-based buffer overflow [fedora-all]
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2040390
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-88991d2713' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
  http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
  https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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