Debian DSA-3173-1 Critical: libgtk2-perl Denial Of Service Risk
debian
February 25, 2015
It was discovered that libgtk2-perl, a Perl interface to the 2.x series of the Gimp Toolkit library, incorrectly frees memory which GTK+ still holds onto and might access later, le...
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Summary
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 2:1.244-1+deb7u1.
For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been
fixed in version 2:1.2492-4.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2:1.2492-4.
We recommend that you upgrade your libgtk2-perl packages.
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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