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Posted on 13 November 2016
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3712-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
November 13, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : terminology
CVE ID : CVE-2015-8971
Nicolas Braud-Santoni discovered that incorrect sanitising of character
escape sequences in the Terminology terminal emulator may result in the
execution of arbitrary commands.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.7.0-1+deb8u1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your terminology packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
