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Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00036.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00037.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/20/2","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/1","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=c0203bd72037d07493f4b7562411e4f5f4553a8f","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-1/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-2/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00036.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00037.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/20/2","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/1","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=c0203bd72037d07493f4b7562411e4f5f4553a8f","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-2/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15291","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}