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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2122-1 libusbmuxd -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

27 Feb 2020

Affected Packages:

libusbmuxd

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 825554.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-5104.

More information:

It was discovered that libusbmuxd incorrectly handled socket permissions. A remote attacker could use this issue to access services on iOS devices, contrary to expectations.

For Debian 8 Jessie, this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.9-1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libusbmuxd packages.

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