Debian: DSA-3756-1: icoutils security update

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.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3756-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff
January 09, 2017                      https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : icoutils
CVE ID         : CVE-2017-5208

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.

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