[SECURITY] [DSA 4163-1] beep security update

Debian Security Advisory DSA-4163-1 [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
April 02, 2018 https://www.debian.org/security/faq

Package : beep
CVE ID : CVE-2018-0492

It was discovered that a race condition in beep (if configured as setuid
via debconf) allows local privilege escalation.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.3-3+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.3-4+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your beep packages.

For the detailed security status of beep please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/beep

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

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