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Debian 8 LTS DLA-2207-1 Critical: Libntlm Buffer Overflow

debian lts
Calendar Grey May 10, 2020
Dist Debian Esm H88
Update the libntlm library on Debian LTS to address a serious buffer overflow vulnerability that may result in authentication errors.
It was discovered that libntlm through 1.5 relies on a fixed buffer size for tSmbNtlmAuthRequest, tSmbNtlmAuthChallenge, and tSmbNtlmAuthResponse
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Summary

For Debian 8 "Jessie", this problem has been fixed in version
1.4-3+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libntlm 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: libntlm
Version: 1.4-3+deb8u1
CVE ID: CVE-2019-17455

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