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Debian: DSA-3407-1 critical vulnerability with dpkg buffer overflow

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Calendar Grey November 26, 2015
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4382-1 highlights a severe memory corruption in apt. Urgent upgrade advised for protection.
Hanno Boeck discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the dpkg-deb component of dpkg, the Debian package management system
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Summary

This update also includes updated translations and additional bug fixes.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.16.17.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.17.26.

We recommend that you upgrade your dpkg 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: dpkg
CVE ID: CVE-2015-0860

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