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Debian 9: DLA-902-1 High: Mumble Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

It was discovered that potrace, an utility to transform bitmaps into vector graphics, was affected by an integer overflow in the findnext function, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and crash) via a crafted BMP image. . Hash: SHA256 Package : potrace Version : 1.10-1+deb7u2 CVE ID : CVE-2016-8685 Debian Bug : 843861 It was discovered that potrace, an utility to transform bitmaps into vector graphics, was affected by an integer overflow in the findnext function, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and crash) via a crafted BMP image. For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version 1.10-1+deb7u2. We recommend that you upgrade your potrace 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 . Hash: SHA256 Package : potrace Version : 1.10-1+deb7u2 CVE ID : CVE-2016-8685 Debian Bug : 843861 It. potrace, utility, transform, bitmaps, vector, graphics, affected. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 09, 2017 Debian LTS