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Debian 9: DSA-4567-2 Critical: Icoutils Denial Of Service Exploit

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Calendar Grey January 9, 2017
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A flaw in the icoutils code may lead to a denial of service or allow for execution of arbitrary code; an upgrade is strongly advised.
Choongwoo Han discovered that a programming error in the wrestool tool of the icoutils suite allows denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed binary is pa...
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Summary

Choongwoo Han discovered that a programming error in the wrestool tool
of the icoutils suite allows denial of service or the execution of
arbitrary code if a malformed binary is parsed.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.31.0-2+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.31.0-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your icoutils 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: icoutils
CVE ID: CVE-2017-5208

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