Mageia alert MGASA-2017-0128 (minicom)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2017-0128: Updated minicom packages fix security vulnerability 
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Thu, 4 May 2017 00:17:55 +0200
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MGASA-2017-0128 - Updated minicom packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 03 May 2017
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0128.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 5
CVE: CVE-2017-7467

Description:
In minicom before version 2.7.1, the escparms[] buffer in vt100.c is
vulnerable to an overflow that may allow for remote code execution
(CVE-2017-7467).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20701
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/18/5
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7467

SRPMS:
- 5/core/minicom-2.7.1-1.mga5