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Debian 8: DSA-3800-1 Critical: Libquicktime Integer Overflow DoS

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Calendar Grey March 2, 2017
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Debian users must be aware of a critical integer overflow vulnerability in libquicktime that may lead to service denial. Immediate upgrades are urged.
Marco Romano discovered that libquicktime, a library for reading and writing QuickTime files, was vulnerable to an integer overflow attack
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Summary

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 2:1.2.4-7+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2:1.2.4-10.

We recommend that you upgrade your libquicktime 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: libquicktime
CVE ID: CVE-2016-2399

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