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libzstd — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2021-24032

Beginning in v1.4.1 and prior to v1.4.9, due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2021-24031, the Zstandard command-line utility created output files with default permissions and restricted those permissions immediately afterwards. Output files could therefore momentarily be readable or writable to unintended parties.

Products
libzstd
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.4.8+dfsg-2
CVEs
CVE-2021-24032
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
28 Oct 2026, 11:07 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-24032

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Mar 2021, 21:15 UTC

Beginning in v1.4.1 and prior to v1.4.9, due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2021-24031, the Zstandard command-line utility created output files with default permissions and restricted those permissions immediately afterwards. Output files could therefore momentarily be readable or writable to unintended parties.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-24032

libzstd

Fixed versions: 1.4.8+dfsg-2

libzstd

Fixed versions: 1.4.8+dfsg-2

libzstd

Fixed versions: 1.4.8+dfsg-2

Complete source record
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