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Posted on 28 December 2018
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4361-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
December 28, 2018 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : libextractor
CVE ID : CVE-2018-20430 CVE-2018-20431
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in libextractor, a library to
extract arbitrary meta-data from files, which may lead to denial of
service or memory disclosure if a malformed OLE file is processed.
For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 1:1.3-4+deb9u3.
We recommend that you upgrade your libextractor packages.
For the detailed security status of libextractor please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libextractor
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
