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Debian 8: DLA-1589-1 Critical: Keepalived Buffer Overflow Threat

debian lts
Calendar Grey November 26, 2018
Dist Debian Esm H88
The Keepalived vulnerability allows for remote code execution, which may cause Denial of Service (DoS); updating Keepalived is advised to enhance security.
keepalived has a heap-based buffer overflow when parsing HTTP status codes resulting in DoS or possibly unspecified other impact, because extract_status_code in lib/html.c has no v...
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Summary

For Debian 8 "Jessie", this problem has been fixed in version
1:1.2.13-1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your keepalived 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


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Package: icecast2
Version: 1:1.2.13-1+deb8u1
CVE ID: CVE-2018-19115
Debian Bug: 914393

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