Debian: DSA-2807-1 Moderate: Links Integer Overflow Remote Threat
debian
November 30, 2013
Mikulas Patocka discovered an integer overflow in the parsing of HTML tables in the Links web browser
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Summary
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.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: links2
CVE ID: CVE-2013-6050
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