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Fedora 20; FEDORA-2015-8266; Critical: mingw-LibRaw Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey May 26, 2015
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An update to mingw-LibRaw has been released in Fedora to rectify CVE-2015-3885, which encompasses a severe buffer overflow vulnerability.
Security fix for CVE-2015-3885

Summary

MinGW Windows LibRaw library.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2015-3885

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security advisory buffer overflow critical software update Fedora security fix mingw-LibRaw

Change Log

* Thu May 14 2015 Sandro Mani - 0.15.4-5 - Add fix for CVE-2015-3885

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1221249 - CVE-2015-3885 dcraw: input sanitization flaw leading to buffer overflow https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1221249

Update Instructions

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

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Name: mingw-LibRaw
Product: Fedora 20
Version: 0.15.4
Release: 5.fc20
URL: https://www.libraw.org/
Summary: Library for reading RAW files obtained from digital photo cameras

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security advisory buffer overflow critical software update Fedora security fix mingw-LibRaw

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