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Debian 8 - DLA-1505-1 Critical: Zutils Buffer Overflow Attack

debian lts
Calendar Grey September 15, 2018
Dist Debian Esm H88
Enhance zutils as a result of an urgent buffer overflow vulnerability discovered in Debian 8, which has the potential to cause denial of service (DoS) or unauthorized code execution.
zutils version prior to version 1.8-pre2 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in zcat which happened with some input files when the '-v, --show-nonprinting' option was
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Summary

For Debian 8 "Jessie", this problem has been fixed in
version 1.3-4+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your zutils packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories,
how to apply these updates to your system and frequently
asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Regards,
Daniel


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Package: zutils
Version: 1.3-4+deb8u1
CVE ID: CVE-2018-1000637
Debian Bug: 902936

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