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Debian: DSA-3765-1 Moderate: icoutils DoS and Code Execution Risks

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Calendar Grey January 14, 2017
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Critical vulnerabilities in icoutils compromise MS Windows icon handling, leading to potential denial of service and unauthorized code execution.
Several programming errors in the wrestool tool of icoutils, a suite of tools to create and extract MS Windows icons and cursors, allow denial of service or the execution of arbitr...
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Summary

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.31.0-2+deb8u2.

For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 0.31.1-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.31.1-1.

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/



Package: icoutils
CVE ID: CVE-2017-5331 CVE-2017-5332 CVE-2017-5333

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