DSA-3406-1 nspr -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3406-1 nspr -- security update

Date Reported:

25 Nov 2015

Affected Packages:

nspr

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2015-7183.

More information:

It was discovered that incorrect memory allocation in the NetScape Portable Runtime library might result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2:4.9.2-1+deb7u3.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2:4.10.7-1+deb8u1.

For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2:4.10.10-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2:4.10.10-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your nspr packages.