Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 659
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 659

Debian DSA-4293-1 Moderate: Discount Heap Overflow Risk

debian
Calendar Grey September 14, 2018
Debian Logo
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4321-2 resolves buffer overflow vulnerabilities in chat-server, enhancing secure message processing and reliability.
Several heap buffer overflows were found in discount, an implementation of the Markdown markup language, that could be triggered witth specially crafted Markdown data and would cau...

Summary

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.2.2-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your discount packages.

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

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/



Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Package: discount
CVE ID: CVE-2018-11468 CVE-2018-11503 CVE-2018-11504 CVE-2018-12495

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Related News

Your message here