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    "status": "PUBLISHED",
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      "title": "Null-pointer dereference in python-apt TagSection.keys()",
      "summary": "NULL pointer dereference in TagSection.keys() in python-apt on APT-based Linux systems allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a crafted deb822 file with a malformed non-UTF-8 key.",
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