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[SECURITY] [DSA 2820-1] nspr security update

Posted on 17 December 2013
Debian Security Advisory

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2820-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Raphael Geissert
December 17, 2013 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : nspr
Vulnerability : integer overflow
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2013-5607

It was discovered that NSPR, Netscape Portable Runtime library, could
crash an application using the library when parsing a certificate that
causes an integer overflow. This flaw only affects 64-bit systems.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.8.6-1+squeeze1.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 2:4.9.2-1+deb7u1.

For the testing distribution (jessie), and the unstable distribution
(sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2:4.10.2-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your nspr packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

 

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