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A rrdtool regression update has been released for Debian GNU/Linux 8 LTS to address an issue introduced by the previous update.



Package : rrdtool
Version : 1.4.8-1.2+deb8u2
CVE ID : CVE-2014-6262
Debian Bug : 952958

It was discovered that there was a regression in a previous fix, which
resulted in the following error:

ERROR: cannot compile regular expression: Error while compiling regular
expression ^(?:[^%]+|%%)*%[+-
0#]?[0-9]*([.][0-9]+)?l[eEfF](?:[^%]+|%%)*%s(?:[^%]+|%%)*$ at char 18:
range out of order in character class (^(?:[^%]+|%%)*%[+-
0#]?[0-9]*([.][0-9]+)?l[eEfF](?:[^%]+|%%)*%s(?:[^%]+|%%)*$)

For Debian 8 "Jessie", this problem has been fixed in version
1.4.8-1.2+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your rrdtool packages.

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these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
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