[Secure-testing-team] Bug#840961: dwarfutils: CVE-2016-8681: heap-based buffer overflow in _dwarf_get_abbrev_for_code second one

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: dwarfutils
Version: 20161001-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for dwarfutils.

CVE-2016-8681[0]:
dwarf_util.c: heap-based buffer overflow in _dwarf_get_abbrev_for_code second one

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8681

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore