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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 22, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-27638

CVE-2020-27638

Description

receive.c in fastd before v21 allows denial of service (assertion failure) when receiving packets with an invalid type code.

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Affected products

2

fastd/fastddescription
Fastd/fastdllm-create
Range: <v21

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

7

github.com/NeoRaider/fastd/commit/737925113363b6130879729cdff9ccc46c33eaeanvdPatchThird Party Advisory
bugs.debian.org/972521nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
fastd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releases/v21.htmlnvdBroken LinkRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00025.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D2LNSF2LI4RQ7BVGHTJQUJWP7RVGHDTK/nvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GUZ3AGTAXH7OOP45F5WXBVRQ3IDWUR7M/nvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WSMH65GHKHMJAK2VMPROIPIUS4IA63CW/nvd

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