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Debian: DSA-4167-1 Critical: Sharutils Buffer Overflow Security Advisory

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Calendar Grey April 5, 2018
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Debian security advisory DSA-4168-1 addresses a vulnerability in Gzip, urging users to promptly upgrade their packages to mitigate the risk.
A buffer-overflow vulnerability was discovered in Sharutils, a set of utilities handle Shell Archives
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Summary

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 4.14-2+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:4.15.2-2+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your sharutils packages.

For the detailed security status of sharutils please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/sharutils

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: sharutils
CVE ID: CVE-2018-1000097

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