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Posted on 03 February 2024
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-5614-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
February 03, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : zbar
CVE ID : CVE-2023-40889 CVE-2023-40890
Debian Bug : 1051724
Two vulnerabilities were discovered in zbar, a library for scanning and
decoding QR and bar codes, which may result in denial of service,
information disclosure or potentially the execution of arbitrary code if
a specially crafted code is processed.
For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been
fixed in version 0.23.90-1+deb11u1.
For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed
in version 0.23.92-7+deb12u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your zbar packages.
For the detailed security status of zbar please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/zbar
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
