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Debian 8: DLA-1499-2 Moderate: Discounted DoS Vulnerabilities

Several heap-based buffer over-reads were found in discount, an implementation of the Markdown markup language in C, that allowed remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service via specially crafted files. . Package : discount Version : 2.1.7-1+deb8u1 CVE ID : CVE-2018-11468 CVE-2018-11503 CVE-2018-11504 CVE-2018-12495 Debian Bug : 901912 Several heap-based buffer over-reads were found in discount, an implementation of the Markdown markup language in C, that allowed remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service via specially crafted files. For Debian 8 "Jessie", these problems have been fixed in version 2.1.7-1+deb8u1. We recommend that you upgrade your discount 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 . Enhance your subscription plan to address multiple stack-oriented buffer underflows and service disruption vulnerabilities in Debian 9.. Discount Security Update, Debian 8, Buffer Over-Reads, Denial Of Service. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Sep 08, 2018 Debian LTS