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Debian: DSA-3779-1 Moderate: WordPress Remote Access Issues

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Calendar Grey February 1, 2017
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Important WordPress security patch for Debian resolves multiple vulnerabilities, such as unauthorized access and password theft.
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in wordpress, a web blogging tool
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Summary

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u12.

For the testing (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions, these
problems have been fixed in version 4.7.1+dfsg-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wordpress 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: wordpress
CVE ID: CVE-2017-5488 CVE-2017-5489 CVE-2017-5490 CVE-2017-5491

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