Debian: DSA-3853-1: bitlbee security update

It was discovered that bitlbee, an IRC to other chat networks gateway, contained issues that allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (via application crash), or potentially execute arbitrary commands.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3853-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Sebastien Delafond
May 15, 2017                          https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : bitlbee
CVE ID         : CVE-2016-10188 CVE-2016-10189

It was discovered that bitlbee, an IRC to other chat networks gateway,
contained issues that allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of
service (via application crash), or potentially execute arbitrary
commands.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 3.2.2-2+deb8u1.

For the upcoming stable (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions,
these problems have been fixed in version 3.5-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your bitlbee 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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