# CVE-2021-38172: perM 0.4.0 has a Buffer Overflow related to strncpy.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-02-05 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

perM 0.4.0 has a Buffer Overflow related to strncpy. (Debian initially fixed this in 0.4.0-7.)

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://packages.qa.debian.org/p/perm.html
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=993019
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-med/2021/08/msg00016.html
- https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/perm
- https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/perm/-/commits/master/

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