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The following updates has been released for Debian:

[DLA 814-1] openssl security update
[DSA 3779-1] wordpress security update
[DSA 3780-1] ntfs-3g security update



[DLA 814-1] openssl security update

Package : openssl
Version : 1.0.1t-1+deb7u2
CVE ID : CVE-2016-7056 CVE-2016-8610 CVE-2017-3731

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in OpenSSL:

CVE-2016-7056

A local timing attack was discovered against ECDSA P-256.

CVE-2016-8610

It was discovered that no limit was imposed on alert packets during
an SSL handshake.

CVE-2017-3731

Robert Swiecki discovered that the RC4-MD5 cipher when running on
32 bit systems could be forced into an out-of-bounds read, resulting
in denial of service.

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
1.0.1t-1+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your openssl 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

[DSA 3779-1] wordpress security update

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3779-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Sebastien Delafond
February 01, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : wordpress
CVE ID : CVE-2017-5488 CVE-2017-5489 CVE-2017-5490 CVE-2017-5491
CVE-2017-5492 CVE-2017-5493 CVE-2017-5610 CVE-2017-5611
CVE-2017-5612
Debian Bug : 851310 852767

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in wordpress, a web blogging
tool. They would allow remote attackers to hijack victims'
credentials, access sensitive information, execute arbitrary commands,
bypass read and post restrictions, or mount denial-of-service attacks.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u12.

For the testing (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions, these
problems have been fixed in version 4.7.1+dfsg-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wordpress packages.

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/

[DSA 3780-1] ntfs-3g security update

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3780-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
February 01, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : ntfs-3g
CVE ID : CVE-2017-0358

Jann Horn of Google Project Zero discovered that NTFS-3G, a read-write
NTFS driver for FUSE, does not scrub the environment before executing
modprobe with elevated privileges. A local user can take advantage of
this flaw for local root privilege escalation.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:2014.2.15AR.2-1+deb8u3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:2016.2.22AR.1-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your ntfs-3g packages.

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/