[Cucumber-linux-security] patch (security update is available)

[Scott C. <sc...@cu...>]

  Update Information

A security update is available for patch for the following versions of
Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.0
  * 1.1 Beta

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.0 changelog:

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Fri Feb 16 16:56:44 EST 2018
base/patch rebuilt (build 2) to fix a couple of security issues: a out of bounds
	read having the potential to cause a denial of service (CVE-2016-10713)
	and a segmentation fault resulting from a NULL pointer dereference
	(CVE-2018-6951). For more information see:
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10713
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=295
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6951
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=296
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+

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  CLD and CVE Information

This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency
(CLD) and CVE numbers:

  * CLD-295 [CVE-2016-10713]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=295)
  * CLD-296 [CVE-2018-6951]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=296)

More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages
on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in
parenthesis above).

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure patch is selected on the update list, and then select Ok.
Pickle will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/.

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