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Debian: DSA-3136-1 Critical: PolarSSL Remote Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey January 24, 2015
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- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory
A vulnerability was discovered in PolarSSL, a lightweight crypto and SSL/TLS library
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Summary

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2.9-1~deb7u5.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie) and the unstable
distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your polarssl packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: polarssl
CVE ID: CVE-2015-1182

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