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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3178-1                   security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                      Salvatore Bonaccorso
March 02, 2015                         http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : unace
CVE ID         : CVE-2015-2063
Debian Bug     : 775003

Jakub Wilk discovered that unace, an utility to extract, test and view
.ace archives, contained an integer overflow leading to a buffer
overflow. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted ace archive, an attacker could cause a denial of
service (application crash) or, possibly, execute arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2b-10+deb7u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been
fixed in version 1.2b-12.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2b-12.

We recommend that you upgrade your unace 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/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-3178-1: unace security update

March 2, 2015
Jakub Wilk discovered that unace, an utility to extract, test and view .ace archives, contained an integer overflow leading to a buffer overflow

Summary

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2b-10+deb7u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been
fixed in version 1.2b-12.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2b-12.

We recommend that you upgrade your unace 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/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
Jakub Wilk discovered that unace, an utility to extract, test and view
.ace archives, contained an integer overflow leading to a buffer
overflow. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted ace archive, an attacker could cause a denial of
service (application crash) or, possibly, execute arbitrary code.

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