{"id":"MGASA-2017-0201","summary":"Updated libffi packages fix security vulnerability","details":"libffi, a library used to call code written in one language from code\nwritten  in a different language, was enforcing an executable stack on the\ni386 architecture. While this might not be considered a vulnerability by\nitself, this could be leveraged when exploiting other vulnerabilities,\nsuch as the \"stack clash\" class of vulnerabilities discovered by Qualys\nResearch Labs.\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:22:29.551583066Z","published":"2017-07-07T09:17:28Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-1000376"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0201.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21122"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/libffi/libffi/commit/978c9540154d320525488db1b7049277122f736d"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libffi","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/libffi?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1-4.1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0201.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}