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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-9674
2015-06-09 09:02:57
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Name        : libwmf
Product     : Fedora 21
Version     : 0.2.8.4
Release     : 43.fc21
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-2015-0848 heap overflow when decoding BMP images
CVE-2015-0848 heap overflow when decoding BMP images
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Jun  8 2015 Caolán McNamara  - 0.2.8.4-43
- Resolves: rhbz#1227244 CVE-2015-0848 heap overflow when decoding BMP images
* Tue Jun  2 2015 Caolán McNamara  - 0.2.8.4-42
- Resolves: rhbz#1227244 CVE-2015-0848 heap overflow when decoding BMP images
* Sat Feb 21 2015 Till Maas  - 0.2.8.4-41
- Rebuilt for Fedora 23 Change
  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Harden_all_packages_with_position-independent_code
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1227243 - CVE-2015-0848, CVE-2015-4588 libwmf: heap overflow when decoding BMP images
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1227243
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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 21: libwmf Security Update 2015-9674

June 24, 2015
CVE-2015-0848 heap overflow when decoding BMP images CVE-2015-0848 heap overflow when decoding BMP images

Summary

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

Update Information:

CVE-2015-0848 heap overflow when decoding BMP images CVE-2015-0848 heap overflow when decoding BMP images

Change Log

* Mon Jun 8 2015 Caolán McNamara - 0.2.8.4-43 - Resolves: rhbz#1227244 CVE-2015-0848 heap overflow when decoding BMP images * Tue Jun 2 2015 Caolán McNamara - 0.2.8.4-42 - Resolves: rhbz#1227244 CVE-2015-0848 heap overflow when decoding BMP images * Sat Feb 21 2015 Till Maas - 0.2.8.4-41 - Rebuilt for Fedora 23 Change https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Harden_all_packages_with_position-independent_code

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1227243 - CVE-2015-0848, CVE-2015-4588 libwmf: heap overflow when decoding BMP images https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1227243

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 21
Version : 0.2.8.4
Release : 43.fc21
URL : https://wvware.sourceforge.net/libwmf.html
Summary : Windows MetaFile Library

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