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Debian: DSA-5505-1: lldpd security update

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Matteo Memelli reported an out-of-bounds read flaw when parsing CDP addresses in lldpd, an implementation of the IEEE 802.1ab (LLDP) protocol. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service via a specially crafted CDP PDU packet.