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Fedora 10: 2009-5524 Critical: Libwmf Use-After-Free Error

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Calendar Grey May 27, 2009
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 10 has released an update that rectifies CVE-2009-1364, which involves a significant use-after-free vulnerability found in libwmf.
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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora libwmf use-after-free critical 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 .

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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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora libwmf use-after-free critical error

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