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Debian DSA-4290-1 Critical: Libextractor Denial Of Service Risk

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Calendar Grey September 10, 2018
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Weaknesses in libextractor could result in service interruption or execution of arbitrary code. Immediate upgrade advised.
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in libextractor, a library to extract arbitrary meta-data from files, which may lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code...

Summary

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 1:1.3-4+deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libextractor packages.

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

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: libextractor
CVE ID: CVE-2018-14346 CVE-2018-14347 CVE-2018-16430

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