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Updated openconnect packages has been released for Debian GNU/Linux 8 LTS to fix a heap overflow



Package : openconnect
Version : 6.00-2+deb8u1
CVE ID : CVE-2019-16239
Debian Bug : 940871


A vulnerability was discovered by Lukas Kupczyk of the Advanced Research
Team at CrowdStrike Intelligence in OpenConnect, an open client for
Cisco AnyConnect, Pulse, GlobalProtect VPN. A malicious HTTP server
(after its identity certificate has been accepted) can provide bogus
chunk lengths for chunked HTTP encoding and cause a heap overflow.

For Debian 8 "Jessie", this problem has been fixed in version
6.00-2+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your openconnect 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
  Openconnect Security Update for Debian 8 LTS