[Secure-testing-team] Bug#871026: swftools: CVE-2017-11096

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: swftools
Version: 0.9.2+git20130725-2
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream security
Forwarded: https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/25

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for swftools.

CVE-2017-11096[0]:
| When SWFTools 0.9.2 processes a crafted file in swfcombine, it can lead
| to a NULL Pointer Dereference in the swf_DeleteFilter() function in
| lib/modules/swffilter.c.

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-2017-11096
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11096
[1] https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/25

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore