Debian: DSA-3484-1 Critical: xdelta3 Buffer Overflow Risk
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February 19, 2016
Stepan Golosunov discovered that xdelta3, a diff utility which works with binary files, is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability within the main_get_appheader function, which...
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Summary
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 3.0.0.dfsg-1+deb7u1.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.0.8-dfsg-1+deb8u1.
For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
in version 3.0.8-dfsg-1.1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.0.8-dfsg-1.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your xdelta3 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: xdelta3
CVE ID: CVE-2014-9765
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