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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4084-1 gifsicle -- security update

Date Reported:

12 Jan 2018

Affected Packages:

gifsicle

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-1000421.

More information:

It was discovered that gifsicle, a tool for manipulating GIF image files, contained a flaw that could lead to arbitrary code execution.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.86-1+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.88-3+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your gifsicle packages.

For the detailed security status of gifsicle please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/gifsicle