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Debian: DSA-3540-1 Critical: Lhasa Integer Underflow and Code Execution

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Calendar Grey April 3, 2016
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Buffer overflow vulnerability in the Lhasa decompressor could permit remote code execution. Users of Ubuntu are advised to update their systems immediately.
Marcin Noga discovered an integer underflow in Lhasa, a lzh archive decompressor, which might result in the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed archive is processed

Summary

Marcin Noga discovered an integer underflow in Lhasa, a lzh archive
decompressor, which might result in the execution of arbitrary code if
a malformed archive is processed.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 0.0.7-2+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.2.0+git3fe46-1+deb8u1.

For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
in version 0.3.1-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.3.1-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your lhasa 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: lhasa
CVE ID: CVE-2016-2347

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