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Debian: DSA-3192-1 Checkpw Denial of Service Exploit Critical Alert

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Calendar Grey March 17, 2015
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Debian has released an update for checkpw to fix a denial of service vulnerability identified by Hiroya Ito. Ensure you upgrade to enhance your system's security!
Hiroya Ito of GMO Pepabo, Inc

Summary

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.02-1+deb7u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been
fixed in version 1.02-1.1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.02-1.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your checkpw 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: checkpw
CVE ID: CVE-2015-0885

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