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Debian: DSA-3692-1 High Severity: FreeImage DoS And Code Execution

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Calendar Grey October 13, 2016
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A recent patch for FreeImage addresses several vulnerabilities that could result in Denial of Service and potential code execution threats.
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the FreeImage multimedia library, which might result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed XMP or RAW i...

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the FreeImage multimedia
library, which might result in denial of service or the execution of
arbitrary code if a malformed XMP or RAW image is processed.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 3.15.4-4.2+deb8u1.

For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 3.17.0+ds1-3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 3.17.0+ds1-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your freeimage 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: freeimage
CVE ID: CVE-2015-3885 CVE-2016-5684

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