Debian Jessie DSA-3256-1 Critical: Libtasn1 Buffer Overflow Threat
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May 10, 2015
Hanno Boeck discovered a heap-based buffer overflow flaw in the way Libtasn1, a library to manage ASN.1 structures, decoded certain DER-encoded input
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Summary
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.2-3+deb8u1.
For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.4-3.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.4-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your libtasn1-6 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: libtasn1-6
CVE ID: CVE-2015-3622
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