Debian: DSA-2807-1: links2 security update

Mikulas Patocka discovered an integer overflow in the parsing of HTML tables in the Links web browser. This can only be exploited when running Links in graphical mode.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2807-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
http://www.debian.org/security/                        Moritz Muehlenhoff
November 30, 2013                      http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : links2
Vulnerability  : integer overflow
Problem type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CVE-2013-6050

Mikulas Patocka discovered an integer overflow in the parsing of HTML 
tables in the Links web browser. This can only be exploited when running 
Links in graphical mode.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.3~pre1-1+squeeze2.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.7-1+deb7u1.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.8-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.8-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your links2 packages.

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