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A feh security update has been released for Debian GNU/Linux 8 LTS to address an out-of-boundary heap write with the image viewer feh while receiving an IPC message.



DLA 2219-1: feh security update



Package : feh
Version : 2.12-1+deb8u1
CVE ID : CVE-2017-7875

Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that it was possible to trigger an
out-of-boundary heap write with the image viewer feh while receiving
an IPC message.

For Debian 8 "Jessie", this problem has been fixed in version
2.12-1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your feh 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