[Secure-testing-team] Bug#842171: musl: CVE-2016-8859: Regex integer overflow in buffer size computations

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: musl
Version: 1.1.15-1
Severity: grave
Tags: security upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for musl.

CVE-2016-8859[0]:
Regex integer overflow in buffer size computations

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-2016-8859
[1] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/1

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore