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Fedora 20 LIBRAW: 2015-8247 Moderate: ljpeg_start() Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey May 26, 2015
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An important patch for LibRaw has been released, fixing a severe buffer overflow issue found in the ljpeg_start() function within Fedora 20.
Patch for ljpeg_start() vulnerability.

Summary

LibRaw is a library for reading RAW files obtained from digital photo

cameras (CRW/CR2, NEF, RAF, DNG, and others).

LibRaw is based on the source codes of the dcraw utility, where part of

drawbacks have already been eliminated and part will be fixed in future.

Update Information:

Patch for ljpeg_start() vulnerability.

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Topics Covered

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Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1221250 - CVE-2015-3885 LibRaw: dcraw: input sanitization flaw leading to buffer overflow [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1221250

Update Instructions

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

Name: LibRaw
Product: Fedora 20
Version: 0.15.4
Release: 2.fc20
URL: https://www.libraw.org/
Summary: Library for reading RAW files obtained from digital photo cameras

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow software update Fedora vulnerability LibRaw

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