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Posted on 23 July 2017
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3917-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
July 23, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : catdoc
CVE ID : CVE-2017-11110
Debian Bug : 867717
A heap-based buffer underflow flaw was discovered in catdoc, a text
extractor for MS-Office files, which may lead to denial of service
(application crash) or have unspecified other impact, if a specially
crafted file is processed.
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 0.94.4-1.1+deb8u1.
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:0.94.3~git20160113.dbc9ec6+dfsg-1+deb9u1.
For the testing distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed
in version 1:0.95-3.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:0.95-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your catdoc 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
