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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4167-1                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                            Luciano Bello
April 05, 2018                        https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : sharutils
CVE ID         : CVE-2018-1000097
Debian Bug     : 893525

A buffer-overflow vulnerability was discovered in Sharutils, a set of
utilities handle Shell Archives. An attacker with control on the input of
the unshar command, could crash the application or execute arbitrary code
in the its context.

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/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/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org