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A libice security update has been released for Debian GNU/Linux 7 Extended LTS



ELA-191-1 libice security update

Package libice
Version 2:1.0.8-2+deb7u1
Related CVE CVE-2017-2626

It has been found, that libice, an X11 Inter-Client Exchange library, uses weak entropy to generate keys. Using arc4random_buf() from libbsd should avoid this flaw.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 2:1.0.8-2+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libice packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found at: https://deb.freexian.com/extended-lts/