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Debian: DSA-4951-2 urgent: aspell buffer overflow threat

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Calendar Grey August 1, 2021
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To enhance security, upgrade aspell in your Debian system to mitigate a severe buffer overflow vulnerability that could allow for arbitrary code execution.
A buffer overflow was discovered in the Aspell spell checker, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code

Summary

A buffer overflow was discovered in the Aspell spell checker, which could
result in the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.60.7~20110707-6+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your aspell packages.

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

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: aspell
CVE ID: CVE-2019-17544 CVE-2019-25051

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