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Mageia Linux Local Check: mgasa-2015-0482
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Mageia Linux Local Security Checks mgasa-2015-0482
Insight
Insight
Updated dpkg packages fix security vulnerability: Hanno Boeck discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the dpkg-deb component of dpkg. This flaw could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution if a user or an automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted Debian binary package (.deb) in the old style Debian binary package format (CVE-2015-0860).
Solution
Solution
Update the affected packages to the latest available version.