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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-5524
2009-05-27 01:31:24
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Name        : libwmf
Product     : Fedora 10
Version     : 0.2.8.4
Release     : 18.1.fc10
URL         : https://wvware.sourceforge.net/libwmf.html
Summary     : Windows MetaFile Library
Description :
A library for reading and converting Windows MetaFile vector graphics (WMF).

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Update Information:

CVE-2009-1364 libwmf: embedded gd use-after-free error
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ChangeLog:

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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #496864 - CVE-2009-1364 libwmf: embedded gd use-after-free error
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=496864
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update libwmf' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 10 Update: libwmf-0.2.8.4-18.1.fc10

May 27, 2009
CVE-2009-1364 libwmf: embedded gd use-after-free error

Summary

A library for reading and converting Windows MetaFile vector graphics (WMF).

Update Information:

CVE-2009-1364 libwmf: embedded gd use-after-free error

Change Log

References

[ 1 ] Bug #496864 - CVE-2009-1364 libwmf: embedded gd use-after-free error https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=496864

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update libwmf' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Severity
Name : libwmf
Product : Fedora 10
Version : 0.2.8.4
Release : 18.1.fc10
URL : https://wvware.sourceforge.net/libwmf.html
Summary : Windows MetaFile Library

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