Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1078-1 connman -- LTS security update

Date Reported:
30 Aug 2017
Affected Packages:
connman
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 872844.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-12865.
More information:

In connman, stack-based buffer overflow in dnsproxy.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted response query string passed to the name variable.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 1.0-1.1+wheezy2.

We recommend that you upgrade your connman packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS