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Fedora 21: 2015:9325 Moderate: Fix for Less Out Of Bounds Access

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Calendar Grey June 10, 2015
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Enhance the safeguards against out-of-bounds errors in less utility for Fedora 21. Implement the required patches to address security vulnerabilities.
better fix of out of bounds read access in is_utf8_well_formed() CVE-2014-9488 out of bounds read access in is_utf8_well_formed() CVE-2014-9488

Summary

The less utility is a text file browser that resembles more, but has

more capabilities. Less allows you to move backwards in the file as

well as forwards. Since less doesn't have to read the entire input file

before it starts, less starts up more quickly than text editors (for

example, vi).

You should install less because it is a basic utility for viewing text

files, and you'll use it frequently.

Update Information:

better fix of out of bounds read access in is_utf8_well_formed() CVE-2014-9488 out of bounds read access in is_utf8_well_formed() CVE-2014-9488

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update Fedora out of bounds text utility CVE-2014-9488

Change Log

* Mon Jun 1 2015 Jozef Mlich - 471-4 - update of previous patch * Mon Jun 1 2015 Jozef Mlich - 471-3 - out of bounds read access in is_utf8_well_formed() Resolves: #1201310 CVE-2014-9488 * Sat Feb 21 2015 Till Maas - 471-2 - Rebuilt for Fedora 23 Change https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Harden_all_packages_with_position-independent_code * Wed Dec 17 2014 Jozef Mlich - 471-1 - Update to 471

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1201310 - CVE-2014-9488 less: out of bounds read access in is_utf8_well_formed() [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201310

Update Instructions

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

Name: less
Product: Fedora 21
Version: 471
Release: 4.fc21
URL: http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/
Summary: A text file browser similar to more, but better

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update Fedora out of bounds text utility CVE-2014-9488

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